Chemical composition of volatile substances from adults of the swallowtail, Papilio polytes (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-427

  Ômura, Hisashi ^a   Honda, Keiichi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related change; Chemical composition; Distribution on body parts; Papilio polytes; Volatile substances

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO POLYTES; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 28244481825     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.421     Document Type: Article

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