Do neotropical migrant butterflies navigate using a solar compass?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3317-3331

  Oliveira, Evandro G ^a,c   Srygley, Robert B ^b,c   Dudley, Robert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Aphrissa statira; Butterfly; Clock shift; Migration; Navigation; Orientation; Phoebis argante; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

APHRISSA; APHRISSA STATIRA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHOEBIS; PHOEBIS ARGANTE; PIERIDAE;

EID: 0032423854     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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