Egg of the Karner Blue butterfly (Lycaei
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Elizabeth P. Nickles; Helen Ghiradella; Hassaram Bakhru; Arthur Haberl
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Most insect eggshells are ornately sculptured; that of the Karner Blue butterfly, __Lycaeides melissa samuelis__, exhibits a series of interwoven ridges and depressions. Scanning electron microscopic views of the shell show that the patterning resides in the outer chorion, while the inn