Ecdysteroids control eyespot size and wing color pattern in the polyphenic butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Lepidoptera: Satyridae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 223-230

  Koch, P B ^a   Brakefield, P M ^a   Kesbeke, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BICYCLUS ANYNANA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0030062003     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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