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Age patterns in leaves used by larvae of the satyrine butterfly Lethe diana
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- IDE Jun-Ya
- Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University:(Present office)Department of Environmental Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
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- Other Title
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- クロヒカゲ幼虫の食草利用パターン : 葉の新しさについて
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Description
Larvae of the satyrine butterfly Lethe dina feed on blades of bamboo grass Sasa veitchii var. hirsuta whose blades have a two-to-four-year life span. I studied age class preference by L. diana. Both current-year blades and blades from previous years were used as oviposition sites by adult L. diana and as food by larvae. The ratio of young to old blades used changed seasonally, and these ratios were consistent with the ratio of young to old blades in available bamboo grass bushes during each season, i.e. neither adults nor larvae showed a preference for any age class of blades. Larvae grew better when they were fed young blades compared to old blades, so the fitness of L. diana would increase if young blades were selected. It is thought that L. diana is not particular about leaf age because it cannot discriminate between young blades and old blades.
Journal
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- Lepidoptera Science
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Lepidoptera Science 54 (1), 40-46, 2003
THE LEPIDOPTEROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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- CRID
- 1390282680243396736
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- NII Article ID
- 110007630982
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- NII Book ID
- AN00147618
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- ISSN
- 18808077
- 00240974
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- NDL BIB ID
- 6431227
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- Text Lang
- en
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- JaLC
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed