Host plant utilization in the comma butterfly: sources of variation and evolutionary implications

@article{Janz1994HostPU,
  title={Host plant utilization in the comma butterfly: sources of variation and evolutionary implications},
  author={Niklas Janz and S{\"o}ren Nylin and Nina Wedell},
  journal={Oecologia},
  year={1994},
  volume={99},
  pages={132-140},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:25442043}
}
Host plant preference of the polyphagous butterfly Polygonia c-album is investigated and several aspects of the life history of its offspring are compared, indicating that the larval performance component of host-plant utilization may be more conservative to evolutionary change than the preference of ovipositing females.
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