Vertical stratification of ithomiine butterfly (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) mimicry complexes: The relationship between adult flight height and larval host-plant height

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-341

  Beccaloni, George W ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ecology; Evolution; Host shifts; Lepidoptera; Neotropics; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT HEIGHT; HOST-PLANT HEIGHT; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; DANAINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ITHOMIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0031444530     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1997.0165     Document Type: Article

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