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EPIDERMAL CELLS OF THE PPM (“GOLD SPOTS”) OF THE PUPA OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, DANAUS P. PLEXIPPUS (LEPIDOPTERA: DANAIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

F. A. Urquhart
F. A. Urquhart
Affiliation:
Scarborough College and the Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
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Abstract

The cells composing the tissue of the prismatic pigmented maculae (PPM) of the pupa of the monarch butterfly (Danaus P. plexippus) are described for the first time and their possible functions in the formation of scales and scale pigmentation in the adult butterfly are discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1972 , pp. 1565 - 1571
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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