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A lycaenid butterfly (Anthene amarah Guerin) selects unseasonal young Acacia shoots for oviposition

South African Journal of Zoology (1990) 25(1) 84-85
DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1990.11448194
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Felling experiments on Acacia tortilis in N Transvaal revealed that Anthene amarah oviposit on unseasonal new coppice shoots. Felling resembles damage caused by large browsing mammals in that it modifies the normal phenological rhythms of trees. -from Author

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Milton, S. J. (1990). A lycaenid butterfly (Anthene amarah Guerin) selects unseasonal young Acacia shoots for oviposition. South African Journal of Zoology, 25(1), 84–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1990.11448194

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