DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n5tb2rc6r
title: Data from: Strategic variation in male courtship persistence in the butterfly <em>Eurema hecabe</em>

description: This dataset has four datasets analyzed: Pursuit_observations_publication,
 General_observations_publication, Dummy_observations_publication, and
 Emergence_data_publication. The pursuit observations dataset was used to
 analyze how male Eurema hecabe invest time in courting unreceptive females
 over morning hours. The general observations dataset was collected by
 scoring butterfly behaviors from video footage of E. hecabe
 habitats over the morning hours. A dummy observations dataset was
 collected by recording butterfly behaviors from video footage of two E.
 hecabe females resembling dummies. The emergence dataset was collected in
 a glasshouse-reared population of E. hecabe, where each emerging butterfly
 was recorded over morning hours to see when most individuals eclose.
description: # Data from: Strategic variation in male courtship persistence in the
 butterfly *Eurema hecabe* Dataset DOI:
 [10.5061/dryad.n5tb2rc6r](10.5061/dryad.n5tb2rc6r) ## Description of the
 data and file structure The Pursuit_observations_publication.xlsx has
 field measurements on pursuit flights observed and recorded by hand during
 15-minute experimental bouts (while cameras A, B, and C recorded general
 observations and dummy observations). Data columns include date, time (the
 hour during which observation was started), site, duration of observed
 pursuit flight in seconds (s), temperature (degrees Celsius)*,* and
 humidity (% measured with a portable weather station on site for each
 hour). Approach and reject types of interactions were marked as 0 seconds
 long. ##### Variables * Date * Time (the hour during which observation was
 started) * Site * Duration (s) (the duration of observed pursuit flight in
 seconds) * Temperature (degrees Celsius) * Humidity (%) The
 General_observations_publication.xlsx has the behaviours scored from video
 footage of the two GoPro cameras. Data column includes camera (indicated
 as A and B), day, hour (the hour during which observation was started),
 minute (counting from the beginning of each recording), individual (a
 running number of scored butterflies across all experimental days), sex,
 behaviour, height (the height at which an individual was observed at the
 time of scoring, as a ratio of the overall height of the vegetation),
 harassment type, and number of pursuits counted during each recording.
 ##### Variables * Camera (indicated as A and B) * Day * Hour (the hour
 during which observation was started) * Minute (counting from the
 beginning of each recording) * Individual (a running number of scored
 butterflies across all experimental days) * Sex * Behaviour * Height (the
 height at which an individual was observed at the time of scoring, as a
 ratio of the overall height of the vegetation) * Harassment type * Number
 of pursuits (counted during each recording) The
 Dummy_observations_publication.xlsx has observations scored from a video
 recording of the Go Pro camera C filming the two *E. hecabe*
 female-resembling dummies. The data columns are *camera* (camera C), day,
 hour (the hour during which observation was started), time (in minutes and
 seconds counting from the beginning of each recording), sex, model (lower
 indicated as L and higher as H), duration (s) (the duration that a male
 interacted with the model in seconds), and note. * Camera * Day *
 Hour (the hour during which observation was started) * Time (in minutes
 and seconds, counting from the beginning of each recording) * Sex *
 Model (lower indicated as L and higher as H) * Duration (s) (the duration
 that a male interacted with the model in seconds) * Note The
 Emergence_data_publication.xlsx has data on each observed eclosion event
 observed in a saturated *Eurema hecabe* population in glasshouse
 conditions over 27-28. Nov 2023. The data columns are date, emerging time
 (recorded in 30 min intervals), relative height (in relation to the
 overall height of the host plant where the individual was pupated),
 location (marked as 1 for host plant, 2 for other plant, and 3 for other
 items, according to where the pupa was found), temperature, humidity, and
 note. * Date * Emerging time (recorded in 30-minute intervals) * Relative
 height (of the overall height of the host plant where the individual was
 pupated) * Location (marked as 1 for host plant, 2 for other plant, and 3
 for other items, according to where the pupa was found) * Temperature
 (degrees Celsius) * Humidity (%) * Note All missing data represented as
 NA. ## Code/software Microsoft Excel