Differences in ultraviolet wing patterns in the New Zealand Iycaenid butterflies Lycaena salustius, L. rauparaha, and L. feredayi as a likely isolating mechanism

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 169-177

  Meyer Rochow, V Benno ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Butterfly colouration; Insect vision; Lycaena; Ozone hole; Reproductive isolation; Sexual dimorphism; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008381069     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1991.10431405     Document Type: Article

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