A ten-year study to monitor populations of the regal fritillary, Speyeria idalia, (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Great Lakes Entomologist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-115

  Swengel, Ann B ^a   Swengel, Scott R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHRODITE; FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); HELICONIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SPEYERIA; SPEYERIA IDALIA;

EID: 0037648321     PISSN: 00900222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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