Effects of ventral nerve cord and peripheral nerves severance on the form and pupation of Danais chrysippus larvae (Lepidoptera)

Journal of Advanced Zoology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-38

  Tiwari, R K ^a   Shukla, R S ^a   Mishra, Ashutosh ^a   Verma, A ^a  

^a KN Govt Postgraduate College   (India)

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