The male genitalia segments in fritillary butterflies: Comparative morphology with special reference to the "rectal plate" in Issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 425-432

  Simonsen, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative morphology; Issoria; Male genitalia; Musculature; Phylogeny; Rectal plate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BUTTERFLY; COPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE;

ARGYNNINI; ARGYNNIS; FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); ISSORIA; ISSORIA LATHONIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; SPEYERIA;

EID: 33744479686     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.056     Document Type: Article

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