Uptake of plant-derived specific alkaloids allows males of a butterfly to copulate

Abstract Certain butterflies utilize plant-acquired alkaloids for their own chemical defense and/or for producing male sex pheromone; a trait known as pharmacophagy. Males of the danaine butterfly, Parantica sita, have been reported to ingest pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) as adults to produce two PA...

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Main Authors: Keiichi Honda, Junya Matsumoto, Ken Sasaki, Yoshiaki Tsuruta, Yasuyuki Honda
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2e3362d3123b451abde172844ce30772
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