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The extremely long-tongued Neotropical butterfly Eurybia lycisca (Riodinidae): Proboscis morphology and flower handling
Few species of true butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) have evolved a proboscis that greatly exceeds the length of the body. This study is the first to examine the morphology of an extremely long butterfly proboscis and to describe how it is used to obtain nectar from flowers with very deep co...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier Science Ltd
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062012/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21115131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2010.11.002 |