Seasonal phenotypic plasticity of wing melanisation in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Stoehr, Andrew M ^a,b   Goux, Hippolyte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanin; Phenotypic plasticity; Seasonal polyphenism; Sexual dimorphism; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; MELANIN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; THERMOREGULATION; WING;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY); PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 38349178744     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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