Table 5.
Frequency of behavioral traits in blue butterflies during the formation of roosting aggregations. Numbers in the parentheses are the percentage (%)
| Flying individuals | Number of observation | Number of observation of the
response of roosted individual |
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| No reaction | Movement or rotation | Fending off without dislodgement | Fending off and leaving | ||
| Brief approach | 100 (34.5) | 49 (49) | 3 (3) | 45 (45) | 3 (3) |
| Hovering | 20 (6.9) | 11 (55) | 2 (10) | 6 (30) | 1 (5) |
| Stopping on the same perch | 42 (14.5) | 14 (33.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (28.6) | 16 (38.1) |
| Clutching | 128 (44.1) | 26 (20.3) | 2 (1.6) | 71 (55.5) | 29 (22.7) |