Caterpillars of Eumaeus childrenae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) feeding on two species of cycads (Zamiaceae) in the Huasteca region, Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-203

  Contreras Medina, Raúl ^a   Ruiz Jiménez, Carlos A ^a   Vega, Isolda Luna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ceratozamia mexicana; Cloud forest; Eumaeus childrenae; Herbivory; Mexico; Zamia fischeri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZAMIACEAE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MEXICO; ZAMIACEAE;

ANIMALIA; CERATOZAMIA; CERATOZAMIA MEXICANA; CYCADOPSIDA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; ZAMIA; ZAMIA FISCHERI; ZAMIACEAE;

EID: 1642348709     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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