Flavonoid sequestration by the common blue butterfly Polyommatus icarus: Quantitative intraspecific variation in relation to larval hostplant, sex and body size

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 875-889

  Burghardt, Frank ^a   Proksch, Peter ^b   Fiedler, Konrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterfly wing pigments; Fabaceae; Fitness; Flavonoids; Plant insect interactions; Polyommatus icarus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PIGMENT;

BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; PIGMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORELIMB; HOST; LARVA; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CELASTRINA LADON; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PAPILIONOIDEA; POLYOMMATUS ICARUS; PSEUDOACACIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0034922119     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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