Open-access Copula "inter mares" in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae)

Abstract

The poorly known phenomenon of copula "inter mares" (a male insect copulating with another male) is reported in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman, 1823) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae).

Riodinidae; Pirascca; copula "inter mares"; pairing behavior; sexual recognition


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