Palatablility and escaping ability in Neotropical butterflies: Tests with wild kingbirds (Tyrannus melancholicus, Tyrannidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-365

  Pinheiro, Carlos E G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Butterfly defences; Crypsis; Mimicry; Predation; Tyrant flycatchers

Indexed keywords

APATURINAE; AVES; BATTUS; BIBLIS; CALLICORE; CHARAXINAE; CRYPSIS; DANAINAE; DIAETHRIA; DRYADULA; EUEIDES; EURYTIDES; HELICONIINAE; HELICONIUS; HERACLIDES; HYPOTHYRIS; LIMENITIDINAE; LYCOREA; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONINAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PARIDES; PHILAETHRIA; TYRANNIDAE; TYRANNUS; TYRANNUS MELANCHOLICUS;

EID: 0030474370     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01471.x     Document Type: Article

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