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Ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies

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Hedylids have ultrasound-sensitive ears on their wings to help them avoid bats.

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Figure 1: Hedylid butterflies have ultrasound-sensitive ears that allow them to evade bats in flight.
Figure 2: The presence of hearing mapped onto a lepidopteran phylogeny10.

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  1. Department of Biology and College of Natural Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Ontario, Canada

    Jayne E. Yack

  2. Department of Zoology and Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga, L5L 1C6, Ontario, Canada

    James H. Fullard

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