Factors determining host plant range in two lycaenid butterflies.
Components of host plant affiliation for two, small, blue butterflies were examined and compared. The two butterflies, Glaucopsyche lygdamus and Plebijus icariodes (Lycaenidae), are superficially quite similar but differ in host range. Oviposition preferences were determined for each butterfly speci...
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The University of Arizona.
1992
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185907 |