Structural ultraviolet ornamentation in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina L. (Nymphalidae): Visual, morphological and ecological properties

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-244

  Kemp, Darrell J ^a,b   Macedonia, Joseph M ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR MORPH; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; ORNAMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

HYPOLIMNAS BOLINA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33747101642     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO06005     Document Type: Article

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