Uptake of flavonoids from Vicia villosa (Fabaceae) by the lycaenid butterfly, Polyommatus icarus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 527-536

  Burghardt, Frank ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^b   Proksch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Flavonoids; Lycaenidae; Plant insect interactions; Polyommatus icarus; Vicia villosa; Wing pigments

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

FLAVONOID UPTAKE; HOST PLANT; MATE RECOGNITION; WING PATTERN;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FORELIMB; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT;

FABACEAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA; VILLOSA VILLOSA;

EID: 0030984105     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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