Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: The case of alfalfa and the Melissa blue butterfly
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6203
Abstract: Abstract Modern metabolomic approaches that generate more comprehensive phytochemical profiles than were previously available are providing new opportunities for understanding plant‐animal interactions. Specifically, we can characterize the phytochemical landscape by asking how a larger number… read more here.
Keywords: melissa blue; alfalfa; blue butterfly; phytochemical landscape ... See more keywords
On the blue butterfly taxa established by L.G. Courvoisier with the type locality "Narün" (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.3.11
Abstract: The status and systematic position of the blue butterfly taxa, established by L.G. Courvoisier from "Narün", are discussed. The following lectotypes are designated and figured: [Chrysophanus Phlaeas] F. naruena Courvoisier, 1911, Lycaena icarus Rott. F.… read more here.
Keywords: butterfly taxa; naruena courvoisier; syn; blue butterfly ... See more keywords
Tolerance of High Oral Doses of Nonradioactive and Radioactive Caesium Chloride in the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria maha
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DOI: 10.3390/insects10090290
Abstract: The biological effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident have been examined in the pale grass blue butterfly, Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). In previous internal exposure experiments, larvae were given field-collected contaminated host plant leaves that… read more here.
Keywords: grass blue; radioactive caesium; caesium; blue butterfly ... See more keywords