Evidence for the presence of the summer-morph-producing hormone in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1117-1122

  Ito, Takamasa ^a   Yamanaka, Akira ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Masao ^a   Endo, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Papilio; Seasonal morph; SMPH

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0035540160     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.1117     Document Type: Article

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