The evolution of environmentally-cued pupal colour in swallowtail butterflies: Natural selection for pupation site and pupal colour

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Hazel, Wade ^a   Ante, Sandra ^b   Stringfellow, Ben ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Environmentally cued pupal colour; Natural selection; Pupation site preference

Indexed keywords

BODY COLOUR; NATURAL SELECTION; PUPA; SWALLOWTAIL;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO POLYXENES; PAPILIONODAE;

EID: 0031887190     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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