Phenotypic variation in adult morphology and pupal colour within and among families of the speckled wood butterfly Pararge aegeria

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 465-472

  Van Dyck, Hans ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^b   Wiklund, Christer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Butterflies; Heritability; Pararge aegeria; Phenotype; Pupal colour

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARARGE AEGERIA; SATYRIDAE;

EID: 0031732268     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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