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Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Nagaland, with an addition to the Indian odonate fauna

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2014
We surveyed odonates in the districts of Kohima, Peren and Wokha in the state of Nagaland, northeastern India, during April and May 2012 and May 2013.
Shantanu Joshi, Krushnamegh Kunte
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Macrostructural Evolution of the Mitogenome of Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)

Insects, 2022
The mitogenome of the species belonging to the Papilionodea (Lepidoptera) is a double stranded circular molecule containing the 37 genes shared by Metazoa. Eight mitochondrial gene orders are known in the Papilionoidea.
Di Liu, Andrea Basso, Massimiliano Babbucci, Tomaso Patarnello, Enrico Negrisolo   +4 more
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Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
We present a systematic, updated checklist of larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot.  This includes recent new records, with a total of approximately 834 plant species/groups belonging to ...
Ravikanthachari Nitin, V. C. Balakrishnan, Paresh V. Churi, S. Kalesh, Satya Prakash, Krushnamegh Kunte   +5 more
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Description of previously unknown females of three Euriphene Boisduval, 1847 species and the unknown male of Bebearia inepta Hecq, 2001 from Western Africa, with notes on their taxonomy, bionomy and distribution (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae)

SHILAP, 2019
During extensive field research of fruit-feeding Lepidoptera in various West African forests, we have collected a rich material of several rare or poorly known species.
Sz. Sáfián, S. C. Collins, C. Belcastro, O. Brattström, R. Tropek   +4 more
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The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of three model mountainous badlands in Kyrgyzstan: a habitat without local or regional endemism [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020
This paper deal with study of the butterfly fauna of three mountainous badlands in Kyrgyzstan (Naryn Adyr, Red Canyon and Kyrk-Kechik Canyon). The studied badlands fauna comprises of 47 species, namely: 42 species in Naryn Adyr, 33 species in Kyrk-Kechik
S.K. Korb
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Variations in Butterflies [PDF]

Science, 1883
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Anti-aphrodisiac compounds of male butterflies increase the risk of egg parasitoid attack by inducing plant synomone production [PDF]

, 2009
During mating in many butterfly species, males transfer spermatophores that contain anti-aphrodisiacs to females that repel conspecific males. For example, males of the large cabbage white, Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), transfer the anti ...
Dicke, Marcel, Roland Mumm, Wilma V. Aponte Cordero, Joop J. A. van Loon, Loon, Joop J. A. van, Aponte Cordero, W.V., Foteini G. Pashalidou, Huigens, Martinus E., Loon, J.J.A., van, Fatouros, Nina E., Hilker, Monika, Martinus E. Huigens, Marcel Dicke, Dicke, M., Monika Hilker, Hilker, M., Mumm, R., Huigens, M.E., Mumm, Roland, Nina E. Fatouros, Aponte Cordero, Wilma V., van Loon, J.J.A., Pashalidou, Foteini G., Pashalidou, F.G., Fatouros, N.E.   +24 more
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Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of the Kameng Protected Area Complex, western Arunachal Pradesh, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2016
The butterflies of the Kameng Protected Area Complex in western Arunachal Pradesh, India, covering the protected areas of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Pakke Tiger Reserve and Sessa Orchid Wildlife Sanctuary were surveyed over a 5-year period (2009–2014).
Sanjay Sondhi, Krushnamegh Kunte
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Mortality Census of the Road-Killed Butterflies in Mahendra Highway, Nepal [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2020
Increasing roads become the serious conservation threats to the animal populations. The most direct effect of roads on them is deadly collision with vehicles, leading to high levels of injury or death.
Prakash Gaudel, Manisha Paudel, Prabin Gaudel, Bal Ram Giri, Bimal Raj Shrestha   +4 more
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Butterfly fitness under changing food qualities [PDF]

, 2014
The present thesis investigates how different food qualities over the whole life cycle and across generations affect butterfly development and reproduction, and addresses the following main questions: (1) What effects have varying nitrogen ...
Cahenzli, Fabian
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