Wing Color Pattern as the Releaser of Mating Behavior in the Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus L.(Lepidoptera : Papilionidae)

Hidaka, Toshitaka; Yamashita, Keiko

doi:10.1303/aez.10.263

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“…Although an olfactory cue is usually essential for mate location, additional visual cues often work synergistically for mate location not only in cerambycid beetles (Fukaya and Honda, 1996a;Fukaya et al, 2004aFukaya et al, , b, 2005aFukaya, 2007) but also in the black chafer Holotrichia loochooana loochooana Sawada (Fukaya et al, 2004c), several lepidopterans (Shorey and Gaston, 1970;Hidaka, 1972;Hidaka and Yamashita, 1975;Charlton and Cardé, 1990), and dipterans (Spieth, 1974;Wall, 1989). Shapes, sizes and colors of mates are possible visual cues, but it is still controversial what is an actual key signal in the visual cues for mating, especially in cerambycid beetles.…”

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Chemical communication in mate location and recognition in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Yasui

2009

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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The mating sequence has been studied in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Both females and males are attracted to wounded host plant Citrus unshiu, and adults of both sexes, and both female and male elytra contained the sesquiterpenes that were identical with those in C. unshiu. Moreover, at close range orientation by males, some visual cues derived from females acted synergistically with olfactory factors. And, female contact sex pheromone was isolated from female elytra and revealed to consist of eight hydrocarbons, four ketones, and three lactones. The mating sequence of A. malasiaca was roughly considered to occur as follows. Emerged adults from trunks of the host plants must search for their mates over large areas. Highly mobile males may be attracted from long distances by the signal of sesquiterpenes released from wounded host plants which indicate the presence of other individuals and serve for intraspecific communication in A. malasiaca. At close range orientation, the sesquiterpenes also act as attractant for both females and males, and then visual cue guided them to their mates or rivals. After a male orients to another individual, he identifies it as a mate or a rival. Once a male recognizes a female, mating occurs.

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Chemical communication in mate location and recognition in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Yasui

2009

Appl. Entomol. Zool.

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“…The role of vision in mating success has been behaviorally investigated, in particular, in butterfly species. Wing color, color pattern or motion by moving butterflies is very useful in their mating (Hidaka and Yamashita, 1975;Warzecha and Egelhaaf, 1995). However, little is known of the role of vision in mating success in other insects.…”

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Light wavelength dependency of mating activity in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.

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The action spectra of mating activity among the six species of the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup were compared to understand how light wavelength affects mating activity. The species fell into three groups with respect to the action spectrum of mating activity. We chose one representative species from each of the three types for detailed study: D. melanogaster , D. sechellia and D. yakuba . The mating activities were investigated under three different light intensities of three monochromatic lights stimulus. Each species showed a unique spectral and intensity response. To know the evolutionary meaning of the light wavelength dependency of mating activity, we superimposed the type of action spectrum of mating activity in these six species on a cladogram. Mating inhibition under UV was conserved in evolution among these species. Furthermore we clarified that D. melanogaster showed low mating activity under UV because males courted less under UV.

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“…Therefore, males likely visually recognize their mating partners within 15 cm. Some diurnal lepidopterans such as butterflies use wing color patterns as visual cues to find mating partners (Hidaka and Yamashita 1975;Wago et al 1976;Kato and Yoshioka 2003;Robertson and Monteiro 2005). Moreover, some diurnal moths use both olfactory and visual cues in mating behavior (Barry and Nielsen 1984;Zagatti and Renou 1984;Koshio and Hidaka 1995).…”

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Pheromones and body coloration affect mate recognition in the Japanese nine-spotted moth Amata fortunei (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Kondo

Naka

Tsuchida

2012

J Ethol

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Adults of the Japanese nine-spotted moth, Amata fortunei, are diurnal and have white-spotted black wings and a black-and-yellow striped body pattern. We evaluated whether this species uses sex pheromones and whether visual cues from the female body are used in mate recognition. We introduced extracts of potentially scent-bearing abdominal tips of females to males. Males responded more to the extracts than to dried female specimens, suggesting the presence of sex pheromones in the extracts. Indeed, no males responded to the dried female specimens. To evaluate the importance of visual cues, we conducted the experiments with crude extract and an additional model stimulant. Males responded more to model females with the same number and similar area of yellow bands to the original conspecific females than to those with more bands and greater total band area, suggesting that dissimilarity in band number and area to conspecific females could interrupt male mating behavior. Males of A. fortunei likely find mating partners using olfactory cues over relatively long distances, while using both olfactory and visual cues over short distances. These results suggest that olfactory cues play a major role in mate recognition, whereas visual cues play a supplementary role.

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Wing Color Pattern as the Releaser of Mating Behavior in the Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus L.(Lepidoptera : Papilionidae)

Cited by 34 publications

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Chemical communication in mate location and recognition in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Chemical communication in mate location and recognition in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Light wavelength dependency of mating activity in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup.

Pheromones and body coloration affect mate recognition in the Japanese nine-spotted moth Amata fortunei (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

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