Japanese Papilio butterflies puddle using Na+ detected by contact chemosensilla in the proboscis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 985-998

  Inoue, Takashi A ^a   Hata, Tamako ^a   Asaoka, Kiyoshi ^a   Ito, Tetsuo ^b   Niihara, Kinuko ^c   Hagiya, Hiroshi ^c   Yokohari, Fumio ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Tokyo City University ^*  (Japan)

^c TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contact chemosensillum; Metal ions; Papilio; Proboscis; Puddling; Tip recording

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BUTTERFLY; CATION; CHEMORECEPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SODIUM;

PAPILIO; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84871511654     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0976-3     Document Type: Article

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