Oviposition patterns in the myrmecophilous butterfly Maculinea alcon Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in relation to characteristics of foodplants and presence of ant hosts

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Nowicki, Piotr ^a   Witek, Magdalena ^a   Skórka, Piotr ^a   Woyciechowski, Michał ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Foodplant distribution; Gentiana pneumonanthe; Maculinea alcon; Myrmica ants; Oviposition patterns

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OVIPOSITION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; VISTULA VALLEY; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; GENTIANA; GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE; GENTIANACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA ALCON; MYRMICA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 26844452068     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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