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Look out, here comes that scrawny guy

A tropical butterfly species provides a rare example of small males having the advantage over bigger guys in territorial disputes.

 

References:

Hernández, M.I.M., and W.W. Benson. 1998. Small-male advantage in the territorial tropical butterfly Heliconius sara (Nymphalidae): A paradoxical strategy?.

 

Sources:

Woodruff W. Benson
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Department of Zoology
UNICAMP, C.P.6109
13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo
Brazil

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998, p. 267.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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