Host plant adaptation has not played a role in the recent speciation of Heliconius himera and Heliconius erato

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-365

  Jiggins, Chris D ^a   Mcmillan, W Owen ^a   Mallet, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Heliconius; Host plant shifts; Passiflora; Speciation

Indexed keywords

HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ERATO; HELICONIUS HIMERA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 0030769264     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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