Oviposition stimulant of a Zeryntiine swallowtail butterfly, Luehdorfia japonica.
Luehdorfia japonica Leech (Papilionidae, tribe Zerynthiini) is a swallowtail butterfly whose larvae feed exclusively on the plant genus Heterotropa (Aristolochiaceae). Luehdorfia japonica females were strongly stimulated to lay eggs on filter paper treated with a methanolic extract of the host plant leaves. The oviposition stimulant factor was composed of several water-soluble components. One of the oviposition stimulants was isolated from the leaves of Heterotropa aspera and identified as isorhamnetin 3-O-glucosyl-(1-->6)-galactoside-7-O-glucoside. This compound was inactive alone but induced the specific oviposition response from L. japonica females when tested as a mixture with other unidentified components.
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Pesticide Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005260:Female; D044948:Flavonols; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010058:Oviposition / Q000187:drug effects*; D011794:Quercetin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
D044948:Flavonols; C089340:isorhamnetin 3-O-glucosyl-1-6-galactoside-7-glucoside; D011794:Quercetin