A light and electron microscope study of the green scales on the underside of the wings of the butterflies Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) and C. avis (Chapman, 1909) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Entomologist's Gazette

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-47

  Jones, R W ^a   Tilley, R J D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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