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Intra-species recognition is the recognition by a member of a species of a conspecific (another member of the same species). In many species, such recognition is necessary for procreation.

Different species may employ different methods, but all of them are based on one or more senses (after all, this is how the organism gathers information about the environment). The recognition may happen by chemical signature (smell), by having a distinctive shape or color (sight), by emitting certain sounds (hearing), or even by behaviour patterns. Often a combination of these is used.

Among human beings, the sense of sight is usually in charge of recognizing other members of the same species, with maybe the subconscious help of smell. In particular, the human brain has a disproportionate amount of processing power dedicated to finely analyze the features of a human face. This is why we are able to distinguish almost all human beings from each other (barring look-alikes), and a human being from a similar species like some anthropomorphic ape, with only a quick glance.

Intra-species recognition systems are often subtle. For example, ornithologists have great difficulty in distinguishing the chiffchaff from the willow warbler by eye, and there is no evidence that the birds themselves can do so other than by the different songs of the male. Sometimes, intra-species recognition is fallible: in many species of frog, the males are commonly seen copulating with females of the wrong species or even with inanimate objects.

Heliconius charithonia displays intra-species recognition by roosting with conspecifics. They do this with the help of UV rhodopsins in the eye that help them distinguish between ultraviolet yellow pigments and regular yellow pigments.^[1] They have also been known to emit chemical cues in order to recognize members of their own species.^[2]

References

^ Bybee, Seth M., Furong Yuan, Monica D. Ramstetter, Jorge Llorente-Bousquets, Robert D. Reed, Daniel Osorio, and Adriana D. Briscoe. "UV Photoreceptors and UV- Yellow Wing Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies Allow a Color Signal to Serve Both Mimicry and Intraspecific Communication." The American Naturalist 179.1 (2012): 38–51. Web.
^ Sacledo, Christian (2010). "Environmental Elements Involved in Communal Roosting in Heliconius Butterflies (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae)." Entomological Society of America 39 (3): 907–11

[1] Bybee, Seth M., Furong Yuan, Monica D. Ramstetter, Jorge Llorente-Bousquets, Robert D. Reed, Daniel Osorio, and Adriana D. Briscoe. "UV Photoreceptors and UV- Yellow Wing Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies Allow a Color Signal to Serve Both Mimicry and Intraspecific Communication." The American Naturalist 179.1 (2012): 38–51. Web.

[2] Sacledo, Christian (2010). "Environmental Elements Involved in Communal Roosting in Heliconius Butterflies (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae)." Entomological Society of America 39 (3): 907–11

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+{{Short description|Recognition of another member of the same species}}
-'''Intra-species recognition''' is recognition by a member of a [[species]] of a conspecific (another member of the same species).  In many species, such recognition is necessary for procreation.
+{{redirect|Species recognition|automated species recognition|Automated species identification}}
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+'''Intra-species recognition''' is the recognition by a member of a [[species]] of a [[conspecific]] (another member of the same species).  In many species, such recognition is necessary for procreation.
-Different species may employ different methods, but all of them are based on one or more [[sense]]s (after all, this is how the organism gather information about the environment). The recognition may happen by [[chemistry|chemical]] signature ([[olfaction|smell]]), by having a distinctive shape ([[sight]]), by emitting certain sounds ([[hearing (sense)|hearing]]), or even by behaviour patterns. Often a combination of the two is used.
+Different species may employ different methods, but all of them are based on one or more [[sense]]s (after all, this is how the organism gathers information about the environment). The recognition may happen by [[chemistry|chemical]] signature ([[olfaction|smell]]), by having a distinctive shape or color ([[Visual perception|sight]]), by emitting certain sounds ([[hearing (sense)|hearing]]), or even by behaviour patterns. Often a combination of these is used.
-Among [[human being]]s, the sense of sight is usually in charge of recognizing other members of the same species, with maybe the subconscious help of smell. In particular, the human [[brain]] has a disproportionate amount of processing power dedicated to finely analyze the features of a human face. This is why we are able to distinguish basically all six billions of human beings from each other, and a human being from a similar species like some anthropomorphic [[ape]], with only a quick glance.
+Among [[human being]]s, the sense of sight is usually in charge of recognizing other members of the same species, with maybe the subconscious help of smell. In particular, the human [[brain]] has a disproportionate amount of processing power dedicated to finely analyze the features of a human face. This is why we are able to distinguish almost all human beings from each other (barring [[look-alike]]s), and a human being from a similar species like some anthropomorphic [[ape]], with only a quick glance.
-Intra-species recognition systems are often subtle.  For example, ornithologists have great difficulty in distinguishing the [[chiffchaff]] from the [[willow warbler]] by eye, and there is no evidence that the birds themselves can do so other than by the different [[birdsong|song]]s of the male.  Sometimes, too, intra-species recognition is fallible: in many species of [[frog]], the males are not uncommonly seen copulating with females of the wrong species or even with inanimate objects.
+Intra-species recognition systems are often subtle.  For example, ornithologists have great difficulty in distinguishing the [[Common chiffchaff|chiffchaff]] from the [[willow warbler]] by eye, and there is no evidence that the birds themselves can do so other than by the different [[Bird vocalization|songs]] of the male.  Sometimes, intra-species recognition is fallible: in many species of [[frog]], the males are commonly seen copulating with females of the wrong species or even with inanimate objects.
-[[Category:Reproduction]]
+''[[Heliconius charithonia]]'' displays intra-species recognition by roosting with conspecifics.  They do this with the help of UV rhodopsins in the eye that help them distinguish between ultraviolet yellow pigments and regular yellow pigments.<ref>Bybee, Seth M., Furong Yuan, Monica D. Ramstetter, Jorge Llorente-Bousquets, Robert D. Reed, Daniel Osorio, and Adriana D. Briscoe. "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adriana_Briscoe/publication/51883446_UV_Photoreceptors_and_UV-Yellow_Wing_Pigments_in_Heliconius_Butterflies_Allow_a_Color_Signal_to_Serve_both_Mimicry_and_Intraspecific_Communication/links/0912f503cdc1cbc119000000.pdf UV Photoreceptors and UV- Yellow Wing Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies Allow a Color Signal to Serve Both Mimicry and Intraspecific Communication]." The American Naturalist 179.1 (2012): 38–51. Web.</ref> They have also been known to emit chemical cues in order to recognize members of their own species.<ref>Sacledo, Christian (2010). "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Salcedo/publication/44675826_Environmental_Elements_Involved_in_Communal_Roosting_in_Heliconius_Butterflies_Lepidoptera_Nymphalidae/links/58c95ec6a6fdcc63aa98d0af/Environmental-Elements-Involved-in-Communal-Roosting-in-Heliconius-Butterflies-Lepidoptera-Nymphalidae.pdf Environmental Elements Involved in Communal Roosting in Heliconius Butterflies (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae)]." Entomological Society of America 39 (3): 907–11</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[Assortative mating]]
 *[[Sexual selection]]
-*[[Conspecificity]]
+== References ==
+{{reflist|2}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Intra-Species Recognition}}
+[[Category:Reproduction]]