Chemical ecology of the defense of two nymphalid butterfly larvae against ants

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1173-1186

  Osborn, Frances ^a,b   Jaffe, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Abanotes hylonome; Ants; Camponotus rufipes; Defense; Dione junio; Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae; Repellency; Solenopsis geminata

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; LARVAE;

CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA;

EID: 0031848827     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022494802266     Document Type: Article

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