caa a22 4500 469098775 CHVBK 20180323133039.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01875453 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01875453 Erhardt Andreas Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland aut Preferences and non-preferences for nectar constituents in Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Andreas Erhardt] Summary: Preferences for nectar sugars and amino acids ofOrnithoptera priamus butterflies were tested experimentally. Both male and female butterflies clearly preferred a sucrose solution over a glucose solution of equal concentration (25%, weight to total weight) and equally a fructose solution over a glucose solution. A significant trend of males to prefer fructose over sucrose and of females to prefer sucrose over fructose was detected. However, neither males nor females discriminated between a mimic ofLantana camara nectar containing amino acids and a corresponding plain sugar solution. These results suggest that butterflies select against glucose in floral nectar but do not support the hypothesis that butterflies select for high levels of amino acids in nectar. The rather unspecific response ofOrnithoptera priamus butterflies to the tested nectar constituents may reflect a generalist feeding strategy of these long-lived and spectacular butterflies. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Nectar nationallicence Sugar nationallicence Amino acids nationallicence Preferences nationallicence Ornithoptera priamus poseidon nationallicence Oecologia Springer-Verlag 90/4(1992-07-01), 581-585 0029-8549 90:4<581 1992 90 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875453 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01875453 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Erhardt Andreas Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 90/4(1992-07-01), 581-585 0029-8549 90:4<581 1992 90 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer