Are Aristolochic Acids Responsible for the Chemical Defence of Aposematic Larvae of Battus polydamas (L.) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)?

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 558-564

  Morais, A B B ^a   Brown, Jr ^a   Stanton, M A ^a   Massuda, K F ^a   Trigo, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; chemical specialisation; prey predator interactions; sequestration of secondary compounds; tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARISTOLOCHIA; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; LARVA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BUTTERFLIES; LARVA;

EID: 84891085165     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-013-0163-z     Document Type: Article

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