Flight muscle breakdown in the green-veined white butterfly, Pieris napi (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Stjernholm, Fredrik ^a   Karlsson, Bengt ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flight performance; Life history; Pieridae; Pieris napi; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; MUSCLE; REPRODUCTION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS NAPI;

EID: 45849118374     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.012     Document Type: Article

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