Egg morphology varies among populations and habitats along a suture zone in the Lycaeides idas-melissa species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 933-937

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Fordyce, James A ^b   Nice, Chris C ^c   Compert, Zachariah ^c   Shapiro, Arthur M ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Remington suture zone; Scanning electron microscopy; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTTERFLY; EGG; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUTURE ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAEIDES IDAS; LYCAENIDAE; MELISSA; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33750906926     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[933:EMVAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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