Prolonged copulation and spermatophore size ejaculated in the sulfur butterfly, Colias erate (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) under selective harassments of mated pairs by conspecific lone males

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-54

  Watanabe, Mamoru ^a   Nakanishi, Yasuyuki ^a   Bon'no, Minetaka ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLIAS ERATE; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0030886912     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767325     Document Type: Article

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