Captive rearing of Puget blue butterflies (Icaricia icarioides blackmorei) and implications for conservation

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Schultz, Cheryl B ^a   Dzurisin, Jason D ^b   Russell, Cheryl ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Captive husbandry; Conservation; Morphology; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; REARING; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ICARICIA ICARIOIDES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 67349284298     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9174-1     Document Type: Article

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