A female Clodius Parnassian butterfly resting on an ox-eye daisy. The whitish structure on her abdomen is a sphragis, a mating plug deposited on her g
A female Clodius Parnassian butterfly resting on an ox-eye daisy. The whitish structure on her abdomen is a sphragis, a mating plug deposited on her genitalia after mating by the male so that she can't mate again, thereby avoiding sperm competition.
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Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
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