Host plants, phenologies and status of swallowtails (Papilionidae), Lepidoptera, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, bay of Bengal Indian ocean

Biological Conservation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-221

  Mohanraj, Prashanth ^a,b   Veenakumari, K ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC BUTTERFLY; HOST RANGE; PHENOLOGY; SWALLOWTAIL;

INDIAN OCEAN, ANDAMAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN, NICOBAR ISLANDS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030303548     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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