Rearing the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): Toward the establishment of a lycaenid model system for butterfly physiology and genetics

Entomological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-302

  Hiyama, Atsuki ^a   Iwata, Masaki ^a   Otaki, Joji M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Colour pattern change; Lycaenid butterfly model; Rearing method; Zizeeria maha.

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PSEUDOZIZEERIA MAHA; ZIZEERIA;

EID: 77956395283     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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