title: Aristolochic acids fromThottea spp. (Aristolochiaceae) and the osmeterial secretions of Thottea-feeding troidine swallowtail larvae (Papilionidae).
abstract: Two aristolochiaceous plants in the genusThottea were shown to contain aristolochic acids. Larvae of two Malaysian troidine swallowtail butterflies,Troides (Troides) amphrysus andPachliopta (Losaria) neptunus, that fed onThottea leaves were found to sequester corresponding aristolochic acid analogs in the osmeterial glands.
authors.affiliation: Pesticide Research Institute Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Weintraub
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Feeny
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukami