Butterfly mating

Not many researchers who explore how butterflies mate. Butterflies run mating through a unique process. This was expressed by a butterfly researcher from the National University of Singapore, Antonia Monteiro.
Monteiro examines the mating process of the Africropical genus Bicyclus butterfly species. Quoted from Live Science, Tuesday, August 4, 2015, Monteiro says, butterflies mate shortly after emerging from the cocoon and into adulthood. But he says, the butterfly mating depends on each individual species.
"Each species has its own breeding curve," says Monteiro, who studies butterflies in the tropics, like Singapore throughout the year.
He said, there is a unique trick that made butterflies in the search for a mate. There are several styles. There is a male butterfly that has a passive style, which is waiting for the arrival of female butterflies in a leaf. Then there is an aggressive butterfly male. This type of 'patrol' male butterfly will fly to and fro to get his married couple.
The first of the male butterflies is identifying female butterfly that suits their species. For this identification, male butterflies are different ways. For example some species of Heliconius butterfly in the Amazon jungle, identifying female butterflies of its kind by checking red objects on the female body.
To lock the butterfly target, the male will use an aroma signal called pheromones. This is to identify positive female targets once they are close to the male.
In his research, Monteiro finds butterflies do not engage in battle with other males to fight for female targets. If a male butterfly is aware of a competitor around it, then they.
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