Tolerance to fermentation products in sugar reception: Gustatory adaptation of adult butterfly proboscis for feeding on rotting foods

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 545-555

  Ômura, Hisashi ^a   Honda, Keiichi ^a   Asaoka, Kiyoshi ^b   Inoue, Takashi A ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Nymphalid butterfly; Proboscis sensilla styloconica; Rotting foods; Taste

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMORECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; TASTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMORECEPTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERMENTATION; SENSE ORGANS; TASTE;

EID: 43749097642     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0330-6     Document Type: Article

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