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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Nature Portfolio
2018
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