Swallowtail: Swallowtail

SwallowtailR Documentation

Swallowtail

Description

Swallowtail butterfly wing and tail measurements

Usage

Swallowtail

Format

A data frame with 194 rows and 5 variables:

Species

character Subspecies of Swallowtail

Sex

character Sex of the individual

Forewing_area

double area (cm$^2$) associated with the individual's forewing

Hindwing_area

double area (cm$^2$) associated with the individual's hindwing

Tail_length

double length (cm) associated with the individual's tail length

Source

Data downloaded from:

Nudds, Robert; Koutrouditsou, Lydia (2022). Swallowtail butterfly wing and tail measurements Dataset. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ffbg79ctn

These data come from the following paper:

Koutrouditsou, L. K., & Nudds, R. L. (2021). No evidence of sexual dimorphism in the tails of the swallowtail butterflies Papilio machaon gorganus and P. m. britannicus. Ecology and Evolution, 11(9), 4744-4749.


jfieberg/Data4Ecologists documentation built on April 17, 2025, 3:12 p.m.