The protective role of cycasin in cycad-feeding lepidoptera

Autor:	Robert J. Nash, Phillip Ronald Ackery, E.Arthur Bell
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Species complex Plant Science General Medicine Aposematism Horticulture Biology biology.organism_classification Cycas Biochemistry Lepidoptera genitalia chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Botany Cycasin Mimicry Taenaris Molecular Biology Cycad
Zdroj:	Phytochemistry. 31:1955-1957
ISSN:	0031-9422
DOI:	10.1016/0031-9422(92)80340-k
Popis:	Cycasin was detected in dried museum specimens of the cycad-feeding butterflies Taenaris butleri , T. catops , T. onolaus and Luthrodes cleotas , but was absent from the more cryptic species Theclinesthes onycha . It is suggested that in New Guinea the toxic Taenaris species are models for a mimicry complex that involves various butterfly species, including other Taenaris .
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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