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Defensive mechanisms of butterflies [PDF]

, 2012
Leptiri i moljci pripadaju velikom redu kukaca Lepidoptera čije članove karakteriziraju dva para velikih krila prekrivenih ljuskama koja su izvor nevjerojatne raznolikosti oblika, boja i uzoraka te potpuna preobrazba koja označava životni ciklus od 4 ...
Lovrenčić, Leona
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Mitochondrial DNA signature for range-wide populations of Bicyclus anynana suggests a rapid expansion from recent refugia [PDF]

, 2011
This study investigates the genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of the afrotropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA).
Brakefield, P.M., Eijk, M., van, Jong, M.A., de, Wahlberg, N., Zwaan, B.J.   +4 more
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Climate-change and mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies Eventos de mortandad masiva y cambio climático en poblaciones invernales de la mariposa monarca

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2012
Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have a unique yearly life cycle, in which successive generations breed and move northward from the southern USA in spring to the northern US and southern Canada by late summer; they overwinter in extremely ...
Narayani Barve, Alvin J. Bonilla, Julia Brandes, J. Christopher Brown, Nathaniel Brunsell, Ferdouz V. Cochran, Rebecca J. Crosthwait, Jodi Gentry, Laci M. Gerhart, Trish Jackson, Anna J. Kern, Karen S. Oberhauser, Hannah L. Owens, A. Townsend Peterson, Alexis S. Reed, Jorge Soberón, Adam D. Sundberg, Linda M. Williams   +17 more
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Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución conocida de Ropalóceros en la Comunidad Valenciana y provincia de Teruel

Graellsia, 2007
Se aporta información sobre 18 especies de ropalóceros presentes en la Comunidad Valenciana y provincia de Teruel. Algunas de estas especies se dan a conocer por vez primera de esta región, como es el caso de Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758), Erebia ...
S. Montagud, J. A. García-Alamá
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Effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on the monarch butterfly [PDF]

, 2003
Transgenic Bt corn has been widely planted in Iowa. This study considered whether plant tissues released by Bt corn (pollen and anthers) have an effect on monarch butterfly ...
Jesse, Laura C. H., Obrycki, John J.
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Innate Nectar Plant Attraction Is Primarily Visually‐Guided but Olfactory‐Stimulated in North American Monarch Butterflies

Ecology and Evolution
In flower‐visiting insects, innate sensory preferences facilitate efficient foraging strategies in complex natural environments. Here we describe a nonforced choice assay to investigate innate attraction to a common nectar resource (Lantana camara) in ...
Darene A. E. Assadia, Delbert A. Green II   +1 more
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Genome-wide comparison of genes involved in the biosynthesis, metabolism, and signaling of juvenile hormone between silkworm and other insects

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2014
Juvenile hormone (JH) contributes to the regulation of larval molting and metamorphosis in insects. Herein, we comprehensively identified 55 genes involved in JH biosynthesis, metabolism and signaling in the silkworm (Bombyx mori) as well as 35 in ...
Daojun Cheng, Meng Meng, Jian Peng, Wenliang Qian, Lixia Kang, Qingyou Xia   +5 more
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Insect mimicry [PDF]

, 2010
Povijest kukaca na Zemlji počinje prije otprilke 450 milijuna godina i u tom razdoblju zauzeli su mnoge ekološke niše. Oni su najbrojnija ali i najraznolikija skupina životinja.
Antonović, Ivan
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Defensive mechanisms of caterpillars [PDF]

, 2011
Leptiri (Lepidoptera) su red kukaca (Insecta) s dva para krila prekivena ljušćicama. Imaju potpunu preobrazbu te kroz svoj život prođu sve 4 faze: jajašce, ličinka (gusjenica), kukuljica te imago.
Hlavati, Dina
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Overwintering and breeding patterns of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in coastal plain habitats of the southeastern USA. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Kendrick MR, McCord JW.
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