Ommochrome Pigmentation of the linea and rosa Seasonal Forms of Precis coenia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Nijhout, H F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydro xanthommatin; Lepidoptera; Ommatin D; Ommochromes; Precis coenia; Xanthommatin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COENIA; JUNONIA COENIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; ROSA;

EID: 0009445105     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6327(1997)36:3<215::AID-ARCH5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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