Can nectar properties explain sex-specific flower preferences in the Adonis Blue butterfly Lysandra bellargus?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-90

  Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^b   Erhardt, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amino acids; Flower preferences; Lysandra bellargus; Nectar; Sex specificity; Sugar

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

SWITZERLAND;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; LYSANDRA BELLARGUS;

EID: 0033999487     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2000.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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