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Defensive Secretion of a Caterpillar (Papilio).

T Eisner, Y C Meinwald.   

Abstract

The eversible cervical gland (osmeterium) of the caterpillar of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon, produces a secretion containing isobutyric and 2-methylbutyric acid. The gland is effective in defense against ants. Even when caterpillars were fed on one of three unbelliferous plants (fennel, carrot, parsnip) the secretion contained the same two acids.

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Year:  1965        PMID： 17768875     DOI： 10.1126/science.150.3704.1733

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  9 in total

1.  The signal environment is more important than diet or chemical specialization in the evolution of warning coloration.

Authors:  Kathleen L Prudic; Jeffrey C Oliver; Felix A H Sperling
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2007-11-20       Impact factor: 11.205

2.  Constituents of osmeterial secretion of pre-final instar larvae of citrus swallowtail,Papilio demodocus (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).

Authors:  B V Burger; Z Munro; M Röth; H S Spies; V Truter; H Geertsema; A Habich
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1985-08       Impact factor: 2.626

3.  Chemical nature of larval osmeterial secretions of papilionid butterflies in the generaParnassius, Sericinus andPachliopta.

Authors:  K Honda; N Hayashi
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1995-06       Impact factor: 2.626

4.  Pyrrolizidine alkaloid deters ant predators of Utetheisa ornatrix eggs: effects of alkaloid concentration, oxidation state, and prior exposure of ants to alkaloid-laden prey.

Authors:  James F Hare; Thomas Eisner
Journal:  Oecologia       Date:  1993-10       Impact factor: 3.225

5.  Chemical defense of a rove beetle (Creophilus maxillosus).

Authors:  M Jefson; J Meinwald; S Nowicki; K Hicks; T Eisner
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1983-01       Impact factor: 2.626

6.  From terpenoids to aliphatic acids: further evidence for late-instar switch in osmeterial defense as a characteristic trait of swallowtail butterflies in the tribe papilionini.

Authors:  Hisashi Omura; Keiichi Honda; Paul Feeny
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  2006-08-11       Impact factor: 2.626

7.  Larval osmeterial secretions of the swallowtails (Papilio).

Authors:  K Honda
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1981-11       Impact factor: 2.626

8.  Aristolochic acids fromThottea spp. (Aristolochiaceae) and the osmeterial secretions of Thottea-feeding troidine swallowtail larvae (Papilionidae).

Authors:  R Nishida; J D Weintraub; P Feeny; H Fukami
Journal:  J Chem Ecol       Date:  1993-07       Impact factor: 2.626

9.  Tiger Swallowtail Genome Reveals Mechanisms for Speciation and Caterpillar Chemical Defense.

Authors:  Qian Cong; Dominika Borek; Zbyszek Otwinowski; Nick V Grishin
Journal:  Cell Rep       Date:  2015-02-13       Impact factor: 9.423
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