The association between wing morphology and dispersal is sex-specific in the glanville fritillary butterfly Melitae cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-452

  Breuker, Casper J ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^b   Gibbs, Melanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body morphology; Dispersal; Fluctuating asymmetry; Glanville fritillary; Individual quality; Lepidoptera; Melitaea cinxia; Nymphalidae; Sexual dimorphism; Wing aspect ratio; Wing loading; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BUTTERFLY; DISPERSAL; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WING MORPHOLOGY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

LEPIDOPTERA; MELITAEA CINXIA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 34848819961     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2007.064     Document Type: Article

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