The extremely long-tongued Neotropical butterfly Eurybia lycisca (Riodinidae): Proboscis morphology and flower handling

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-127

  Bauder, Julia A S ^a   Lieskonig, Nora R ^a   Krenn, Harald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calathea crotalifera; Evolution; Flower visiting behavior; Insects; Marantaceae; Mouthparts; Nectar feeding

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CALATHEA CROTALIFERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EURYBIA LYCISCA; FLOWER HANDLING; LARVA; MARANTACEAE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY MUTUAL INTERACTION; POLLINATION; PROBOSCIS; SENSILLUM; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWERS; MARANTACEAE; PLANT NECTAR; POLLINATION; SENSILLA;

CALATHEA CROTALIFERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MARANTACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; RIODINIDAE;

EID: 79952537165     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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