Scent scale
Male of the imperial coat with four elongated scented flakes (scented flakes) on each forewing
As scent scales ( Androkonien ) special will be shed of butterflies on the one emitted by cell type-specific secretion glands (called, pheromone ) is brought to evaporation. Pheromones serve u. A. as sexual attractants to attract sexual partners; the scent scales are mostly on the wings, but can also sit on the legs, such as B. with the root burs . The scented scales are often found in male butterflies and are often provided with tufts of hair and concentrated in certain places, which is then referred to as scented scales ( androconia field ) and provides an important characteristic for determining the species.
A typical example of a butterfly in Central Europe with pronounced scented flakes is the male in the imperial coat .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rolf Gattermann (Ed.): Dictionary of the behavioral biology of animals and humans . Elsevier, 2006 (2nd edition), ISBN 3827417031
- ^ MC Birch, GM Poppy, and TC Baker (1990): Scents and Eversible Scent Structures of Male Moths. Annual Review of Entomology 35: 25-54. doi : 10.1146 / annurev.en.35.010190.000325