Sex bias adult feeding for gumweed (asteraceae) flower nectar and extrafloral resin by a wetland population of Lycaena Xanthoides (boisduval) (lycaenidae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Severns, Paul M ^a   Karacetin, Evrim ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult butterfly resources; Butterfly behavior; Butterfly conservation; Grindelia; Nectar preference

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTION; HERB; NECTAR; NECTARIVORY; RESIN; SAP FLOW; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; GRINDELIA; GRINDELIA INTEGRIFOLIA; GRINDELIA NANA; LYCAENA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 68949163693     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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