Divergent behavioral and electrophysiological taste responses in the mid-legs of adult butterflies, Vanessa indica and Argyreus hyperbius

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-126

  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

Fermentation product; Gustatory sense; Mid leg tarsi; Nymphalid butterfly; Rotting food; Sensilla trichodea

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIVERGENCE; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSILLUM; TASTE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SENSILLA; TASTE;

ARGYREUS HYPERBIUS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; VANESSA INDICA;

EID: 78650204212     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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