Morphology of caterpillars and pupae of European Maculinea species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with an identification table

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Śliwińska, Ewa B ^a   Nowicki, Piotr ^a   Nash, David R ^b   Witek, Magdalena ^a   Settele, Josef ^c   Woyciechowski, Michal ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACULINEA; MACULINEA ALCON; MACULINEA ARION; MACULINEA NAUSITHOUS;

EID: 33745430706     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84357     Document Type: Article

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