Loss of flavonoid pigments with ageing in male Polyommatus icarus butterflies (Lycaenidae)

Nota Lepidopterologica

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 77-84

  Burghardt, F ^a   Proksch, P ^a   Fiedler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Flavonoid pigments; Lycaenidae; Polyommatus icarus; Visual communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034865061     PISSN: 03427536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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