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=== Insects === Pollinators, like butterflies, show behavioral response(s) to supernormal stimuli through intersexual communication.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=KRAL|first=Karl|date=2016-08-09|title=Implications of insect responses to supernormal visual releasing stimuli in intersexual communication and flower-visiting behaviour: A review|journal=European Journal of Entomology|volume=113|pages=429β437|doi=10.14411/eje.2016.056|issn=1210-5759|doi-access=free}}</ref> Butterflies use olfactory cues, but primarily rely on visual forms of communication, due to wind and temperature affecting their sense of smell.<ref name=":0" /> Sexually active butterflies will perch and wait for a mate. Once an object is detected, the butterfly can determine if the color and movement patterns are of a sexually receptive butterfly.<ref name=":0" /> In certain species, like the silver-washed fritillary butterfly (''[[Silver-washed fritillary|Argynnis paphia]]''), the male butterfly will exhibit high contrast sensitivity and well-developed visual acuity.<ref name=":0" /> A more dramatic contrast of color (or movement pattern) resembling, but further emphasizing the traits of the female butterfly, could alter this usual behavior in males.<ref name=":0" /> Studies show that the male silver-washed fritillary butterfly select a monochromatic orange paper model, over receptive female butterflies who portrayed their usual coloration/markings.<ref name=":0" />
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