Mating systems and sexual division of foraging effort affect puddling behaviour by butterflies

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Sculley, Colleen E ^a,b,d   Boggs, Carol L ^a,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging strategy; Lepidoptera; Mud puddling; Nuptial gifts; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

PUDDLING; SEXUAL ROLE;

EID: 0030461259     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb01187.x     Document Type: Article

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