Hormonal control of lutein incorporation into pupal cuticle of the butterfly Inachis io and the pupal melanization reducing factor

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Starnecker, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

butterfly; colour adaptation; Inachis io; lutein incorporation; melanization; Neurohormone; polyphenism; pupal cuticle

Indexed keywords

INACHIS IO; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 0030933391     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01141.x     Document Type: Article

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