Dynamics of eupyrene and apyrene sperm storage in ovipositing females of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera; Papilionidae)

Entomological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-71

  Watanabe, Mamoru ^a,b   Hachisuka, Ayako ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bursa copulatrix; Copulation; Spermatheca; Spermathecal gland; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 33747284388     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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