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Journal of Experimental Biology 64,639-644 (1976)
Published by Company of Biologists 1976

Ultrasonic Clicks Produced by the Peacock Butterfly: A Possible Bat-Repellent Mechanism

BERTEL MØHL 1 and LEE A. MILLER 1

1 Zoological Institute, University of Aarhus and Biological Institute, University of Odense, Denmark

Torpid peacock butterflies (Inachis io) produce intense ultrasonic clicks that startle captive vespertilionid bats (Plecotus auritus and Pipistrellus pipistrellus). The clicks occur as the wings are opened and are generated by a stiff portion of wing membrane between the costal and subcostal veins near the base of the forewing. The power spectrum of a click matches the most sensitive area of a bat's audiogram. Clicks may serve as acoustic equivalents of the attack-retarding eyespot display in the same species.

Submitted on October 14, 1975


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