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Adult butterfly feeding-nectar flower associations: constraints of taxonomic affiliation, butterfly, and nectar flower morphology
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Tiple, Ashish D., Khurad, Arun M., Dennis, Roger L.H. (2009): Adult butterfly feeding-nectar flower associations: constraints of taxonomic affiliation, butterfly, and nectar flower morphology. Journal of Natural History 43 (13-14): 855-884, DOI: 10.1080/00222930802610568, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930802610568
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