Temperature-induced variation in larval coloration in Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Solensky, Michelle J ^a   Larkin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Larval coloration; Melanism; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyphenism; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; MELANISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PIGMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0043198287     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0211:TVILCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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