Flowerhead Selection for Oviposition by Females of the Sympatric Butterfly Species Maculinea teleius and M nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Figurny, Edyta ^a   Woyciechowski, Michał ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Egg laying; Host plant selection; M nausithous Bergstr sser 1779; Maculinea teleius Bergstr sser 1779; Sanguisorba officinalis Linnaeus

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA TELEIUS; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0000657090     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/23/1998/215     Document Type: Article

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