Host-Plant Adaptation in Two Sympatric Types of the Butterfly Eurema hecabe (L.)(Lepidoptera : Pieridae)
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Two types of Eurema hecabe (L.) sympatrically inhabit the subtropical Okinawa-jima Island, southeastern of mainlands of Japan. They differ in the fringe color of forewings (brown-and yellow-type), which is linked with seasonal morph expression in response to environmental cues. In the present paper, whether the ability of host-plant utilization in these sympatric types may differ were experimentally investigated using five host-plant species. When females of the brown-type were simultaneously exposed to five species of hosts, relative frequency of oviposition was high on Ormocarpum cochinchinense and Cassia surattensis (natural hosts), but low on Lespedeza cuneata and Berchemia lineata (non-natural hosts). By contrast, when females of the yellow-type were exposed to the plant species, it was high on L. cuneata or B. lineata (natural hosts), but low on O. cochinchinense and C. surattensis (non-natural hosts). Proportion of feeding larvae and survival rate by pupation on each plant species tested differed between two types, and were higher on the hosts chosen by females of the same type than on the hosts utilized by those of the other type. On Albizia julibrissin, unfamiliar host for both types, females of each type laid down considerable number of eggs, and larval perfomance was good. The results strongly suggest that the ability of host use differs between two sympatric types of E. hecabe on this Island.
- 日本昆虫学会の論文
- 2000-09-25
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