Haemopoietic organs and effect of their ablation on total haemocyte count in lemon-butterfly, Papilio demoleus L.
The haemopoietic organs in Vth instar larvae of P. demoleus are in the form of thin transparent cellular sheets, closely wrapped around the base of each wing-pad. Three cell types viz; prohaemocytes, plasmatocytes and oenocytoids appear to be derived from these organs and their ablation caused a reduction in cell number which, in turn, revealed that the haemocytes in general are derived both from the haemopoietic organs as well as from the circulating blood cells.
Tiwari
R K
RK
Department of Zoology, K.N. Govt. Postgraduate College, Gyanpur 221304, India.
Pandey
J P
JP
Salehi
R
R
D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D002080:Butterflies / Q000378:metabolism*; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000502:physiology*