Red Admirals Vanessa atalanta (Lepidoptere: Nymphalidae) select northern winds on southward migration

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Mikkola, Kauri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA GAMMA; AVES; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PLEXIPPUS; VANESSA ATALANTA; VANESSA CARDUI;

EID: 0038605108     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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