Field observations on ophthalmotropic Lepidoptera in southwestern Brazil (Paraná)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 853-868

  Büttiker, William ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nocturnal and diurnal ophthalmotropic Lepidoptera; South America; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041163104     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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