Sperm reflux and its role in multiple mating in males of a butterfly Polygonia c-aureum Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-112

  Hiroyoshi, Satoshi ^a,b   Mitsuhashi, Jun ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insemination; Male reproduction; Multiple mating; Polygonia c aureum; Sperm movement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COPULATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; VAS DEFERENS;

HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; POLYGONIA C-AUREUM;

EID: 0032954732     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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