Afrotropical mistletoe butterflies: Larval food plant relationships of Mylothris Hübner (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 499-513

  Braby, Michael F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Lepidoptera; Loranthaceae; Mistletoe; Mylothris; Pieridae; Polygonaceae; Santalales; Viscaceae

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; CARYOPHYLLALES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LORANTHACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; POLYGONACEAE; SANTALACEAE; SANTALALES; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 12444296568     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930410001708687     Document Type: Article

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