... for the existence of the Papilio RBP-like proteins in other insects including several species of butterflies, dragonflies, cicadas, grasshoppers and honeybees. Anti- Papilio RBP immunoreactivity was confirmed in the proteins isolated only from butterflies belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea and not from...

... 1993 © 1993 by Company of Biologists 1993 butterflies Papilionoidea wings flight torsion There is abundant evidence from high-speed photography and stroboscopic studies that the propulsive wings of insects generally twist in flight. Twisting is important in the instantaneous...

... of insects have been restricted to tethered flight or to free flight in small laboratory enclosures, which inevitably limits the range of flight patterns performed and inhibits normal behaviour. flight behaviour kinematic wing shape morphometrics aerodynamics wings Papilionoidea Hesperioidea...