The effect of cardiac glycoside storage on growth rate and adult size in the butterflyDanaus chrysippus (L.) |
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| Authors: | D A S Smith |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Eton College, SL4 6EW Windsor, Berkshire, (England) |
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| Abstract: | Summary
Danaus chrysippus grows faster and attains significantly greater size when fed as a larva on several species of Asclepiadaceae (milkweeds) containing cardiac glycosides than on one which does not.Acknowledgment. I thank Professor D. Schneider and Dr M. Boppré for sending me a sample of butterflies of Kenya stock reared in the Federal Republic of Germany. |
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