Cultural significance of Lepidoptera in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract Background The taxon Lepidoptera is one of the most widespread and recognisable insect orders with 160,000 species worldwide and with more than 20,000 species in Africa. Lepidoptera have a complete metamorphosis and the adults (butterflies and moths) are quite different from the larvae (cat...

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Main Author: Arnold van Huis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Art
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-019-0306-3