Aristolochic acids affect the feeding behaviour and development of Battus polydamas archidamas larvae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Troidini)

Pinto, Carlos F.; Troncoso, Alejandra J.; Urzúa, Alejandro; Niemeyer, Hermann M.

doi:10.14411/eje.2009.044

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“…Larvae were reared in the laboratory using the method described by Pinto et al (2009b). In brief, field collected egg clutches were allowed to hatch in Ø 35 mm-Petri dishes.…”

Section: Rearing Of Larvae On Meridic Dietsmentioning

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“…In order to mimic different plant chemical scenarios, two experimental diets were prepared by adding AAI and AAII (Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) to a basic diet prepared following the method of Fordyce & Nice (2008) modified by Pinto et al (2009b). The AAI/AAII ratio in both diets was that naturally present in the aerial tissues of plants at the stage when they are preferentially consumed in the field by larvae of B. polydamas archidamas (AAI: 55% and AAII: 45%) (Pinto et al, 2009b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…the host of Battus polydamas archidamas (Boisduval, 1836) in central Chile, aristolochic acids occur mainly as AAI and AAII (Urzúa et al, 1987). In this plant the concentrations of AAs differ in the different parts of the plant and larvae consume different plant tissues at different stages during their ontogeny (Pinto et al, 2009b). AAs are sequestered by the larvae and have been found in wild imagoes and pupae of B. polydamas archidamas feeding on A. chilensis, but their distribution within the insect remains unknown (Urzúa el al., 1983(Urzúa el al., , 1987.…”

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“…AAs are sequestered by the larvae and have been found in wild imagoes and pupae of B. polydamas archidamas feeding on A. chilensis, but their distribution within the insect remains unknown (Urzúa el al., 1983(Urzúa el al., , 1987. Furthermore, larval performance depends on the concentration of AAs contained in artificial meridic diets (Pinto et al, 2009b). In the present paper, the distribution of sequestrated AAs in the tissues of larvae of B. polydamas archidamas during their development was explored by feeding the larvae on meridic diets with two different concentrations of AAs.…”

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Sequestration of aristolochic acids from meridic diets by larvae of Battus polydamas archidamas (Papilionidae: Troidini)

Pinto¹,

Urzúa²,

Niemeyer³

2011

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. Larvae of the butterfly, Battus polydamas archidamas (Papilionidae: Troidini) feed exclusively on aristolochic acid (AAs)-containing Aristolochia species (Aristolochiaceae). The distribution of sequestrated AAs in the tissues (body, integument and osmeterial secretions) of B. polydamas archidamas larvae during their development, when fed on a meridic diet containing either a higher or lower concentration of AAs (AAI and AAII) than occurs naturally in the aerial tissues of their host plant, was determined. Accumulation of AAs in the body and integument was proportional to the weight of larvae and greater in the larvae that fed on the diet containing the higher concentration of AAs. Phenolic AAs (AAIa and AAIVa) not present in the diets were found in all larval tissues examined. Integument and body extracts had a higher AAI/AAII ratio than in the original diet and also a relatively high AAIa/AAIVa ratio, suggesting a preferred AAII to AAIa transformation in those larval tissues. In the osmeterial secretion, the value of the AAI/AAII ratio was similar to that in the diets and the AAIa/AAIVa ratio close to 1, which suggests that hydroxylation of AAI to AAIVa and of AAII to AAIa occur to similar extents. The higher accumulation of AAs and the relatively higher proportion of AAI, one of the most toxic AAs, in the integument, suggest that their role is to deter attacks by natural enemies.

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“…Larvae were reared in the laboratory using the method described by Pinto et al (2009b). In brief, field collected egg clutches were allowed to hatch in Ø 35 mm-Petri dishes.…”

Section: Rearing Of Larvae On Meridic Dietsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rearing Of Larvae On Meridic Dietsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sequestration of aristolochic acids from meridic diets by larvae of Battus polydamas archidamas (Papilionidae: Troidini)

Pinto¹,

Urzúa²,

Niemeyer³

2011

Eur. J. Entomol.

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“…Aristolochic acids (AAs) are among the plant signals used by females of Aristolochia-feeding papilionids during the contact and evaluation phase in the search for a host; the signals help the papilionids find a suitable site for oviposition 5,6 . We have recently found evidence that a mixture of aristolochic acid -I (AA-I (1)) and aristolochic acid -II (AA-II (2)) is involved in the recognition of an artificial diet by the first-stage larvae of Battus polydamas archidamas Boisd., and that it has a phagostimulatory effect throughout the larval development 7 .…”

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Aristolochic Acids From Aristolochia Bridgesii, a Host-Plant of Battus Polydamas Archidamas

Urzúa

Santander

Sotés

2009

J. Chil. Chem. Soc.

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The present study confirms the hypothesis that aristolochic acids are present in Aristolochia bridgesii. The chemical composition of aristolochic acids in this species is qualitatively similar to that of Aristolochia chilensis, with the two species differing only in the total amount of aristolochic acids present, and in the relative proportions of each aristolochic acid. These results are consistent with the fact that the two Aristolochia species in Chile both serve as host plants to Battus polydamas archidamas (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae, Troidinii).

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Not all toxic butterflies are toxic: high intra‐ and interspecific variation in sequestration in subtropical swallowtails

Dimarco

Fordyce

2017

Ecosphere

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Abstract. Many herbivorous insects make use of plant secondary metabolites by consuming and storing these toxic compounds in their body tissue or integument, thereby obtaining chemical defense against their natural enemies. Swallowtail butterflies in the tribe Troidini (Papilionidae) sequester toxic alkaloids (aristolochic acids, AAs) from their host plants in the genus Aristolochia. Troidine butterflies have been a model group for development of theory on host plant chemical sequestration, but most studies on this group have been limited to a single species in North America. These studies have led, in part, to the paradigm that troidine butterflies are toxic, thereby explaining the numerous mimicry relationships that exist throughout most of their range. Herein, we present one of the first comparative studies in a single location of a community of troidine butterflies. We examined the AA content of five co-occurring troidine butterfly species and their two Aristolochia host plants. We found that one Aristolochia species, A. triangularis, was preferred in choice assays and did not possess quantifiable levels of AA. We also found that most troidine butterflies did not possess quantifiable levels of AAs, but larvae have the ability to sequester AAs when it is present in their diet. A larval preference experiment showed that host plant AA concentration did not influence larval feeding choice. A performance experiment showed that higher levels of AAs in the diet increased larval mortality, which might indicate a cost associated with sequestration of the chemical defense and also might shed some light on why so many troidine butterflies in this community have little or no AAs. We propose that automimicry might be operating in this system and many putative models of this paradigmatic system might not possess plant-derived defensive chemistry.

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Aristolochic acids affect the feeding behaviour and development of Battus polydamas archidamas larvae (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Troidini)

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Sequestration of aristolochic acids from meridic diets by larvae of Battus polydamas archidamas (Papilionidae: Troidini)

Sequestration of aristolochic acids from meridic diets by larvae of Battus polydamas archidamas (Papilionidae: Troidini)

Aristolochic Acids From Aristolochia Bridgesii, a Host-Plant of Battus Polydamas Archidamas

Not all toxic butterflies are toxic: high intra‐ and interspecific variation in sequestration in subtropical swallowtails

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