| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Schulz, Stefan
;
Beccaloni, George
;
Brown Junior, Keith S.
[3]
;
Boppré, Michael
;
Freitas, André Victor Lucci
[5]
;
Ockenfels, Peter
;
Trigo, José Roberto
Total Authors: 7
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology; v. 32, n. 8, p. 699-713, Aug. 2004. |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Ecology |
| Abstract | |
Analysis of male hairpencil components of 54 species in 30 genera of Ithomiinae butterflies showed the presence of 13 volatile compounds formed by hydrolysis, oxidation, lactonization and/or methylation of both necic acid and pyrrolizidine base portions of lycopsamine, an alkaloid widespread in nature and known to be specifically sought, ingested and stored by these insects. Six of these compounds have not been reported before from insects. Comparison of occurrence of components with proposed phylogenies of the 50 or more genera in the subfamily did not give clearpa tterns, though simplerde rivatives well known in otherLe pidoptera occurred throughout the subfamily, while more specific structures, including a lactone resulting from specific oxidation of an unactivated methyl group, were more typical of apomorphic genera. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 98/05101-8 - Lepidoptera of the State of São Paulo: diversity, distribution, resources, and use for analysis and environmental monitoring |
| Grantee: | Keith Spalding Brown Junior |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 00/01484-1 - Butterfilies as environmental indicators: monitoring with Nymphalidae (Eurytelinae and Satyrinae) |
| Grantee: | André Victor Lucci Freitas |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |