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- Title
Effect of temperature on food utilization in the monarch butterfly Danaus chrysippus.
- Authors
Mathavan, S.; Pandian, T. J.
- Abstract
Fifth-instar larvae (165 ± 15 mg) of the monarch butterfly Danaus chrysippus, when supplied with fresh Leaves of milkweed Calotropic gigantea, attained maximum weights of 738, 721, 642 and 558 mg at 19°, 27°, 32° and 37°C, respectively. Feeding rates, which did not differ significantly between males and females, were 210, 361, 592, and 548 mg dry food g-1 live larva d-1 at these temperatures. Assimilation efficiency decreased from 58% at 19° C, to 47% at 37° C. Conversion efficiency (K2) was 45% at 32°C, 40% at 27°C, 36% at 37°C, and 26% at 19°C. Fifth-instar larvae consumed about 480 mg dry food, assimilated about 230 mg of this at 27°, 32°, and 37° and converted about 100 mg at 19°, 27°, and 32° C. Larvae consumed a maximum of 665 mg at 19° C and converted least (83 mg) at 37°C.
- Subjects
DANAUS (Butterflies); PLANT shoots; MONARCH butterfly; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; LARVAE; EVAPORATION (Chemistry)
- Publication
Oikos, 1975, Vol 26, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0030-1299
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3543278