Weighting of sensory cues reflect changing patterns of visual investment during ecological divergence in Heliconius butterflies.
J. Borrero, E. A. Mogollon Perez, D. S. Wright, D. Lozano, G. Rueda-Munoz, C. Pardo-Diaz, C. Salazar, S. H. Montgomery, R. M. Merrill
The paper shows that Heliconius butterflies with greater visual neural investment preferentially use visual cues over olfactory cues in conflicting sensory environments.
bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology