Effects of larval starvation and adult diet‐derived amino acids on reproduction in a fruit‐feeding butterfly
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Availability of adequate nutrition is among the most important factors affecting growth, development, and reproduction in animals. In holometabolous insects, diets and nutritional needs change between life stages, with larval storage, and adult feeding and reproduction being linked to one another. In several butterfly species, adult feeding is of fundamental importance to realize the full reproductive potential, primarily due to a prominent role of adult diet‐derived carbohydrates. In contrast, the role of adult diet‐derived amino acids is still under debate, despite the fact that butterflies were often found to preferentially feed on amino acid‐rich substrates. Recently it was found that amino acids from adult income could compensate for adverse effects of larval food quality. In our study on the tropical butterfly Bicyclus anynana (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), we used larval starvation to investigate corresponding effects on female reproductive output. Short periods of larval starvation prolonged development time and reduced larval survival, larval growth rate, pupal mass, and egg size. Regardless of the degree of larval starvation, access to amino acids in the adult diet increased egg size, whereas egg number remained largely unaffected. Thus, although there was some evidence for adult diet‐derived amino acids being overall beneficial to reproduction, there was no indication that they can compensate for larval starvation.
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Qualitative and compositional changes in larval diet affect insect growth and development.
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Demographic Analysis of a Butterfly Population
Pásztor, K. (2025) · doi:10.54598/006140
- Authors
- Bauerfeind, S. S., & Fischer, K.
- Affiliations
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Bauerfeind, Stephanie S.
- ORCID
- Fischer, Klaus
- Venue
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-02-09
- Volume
- 130
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 229-237
- ISSN
- 0013-8703 (ISSN-L)
- 1570-7458
- OpenAlex
- W2088205997
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (publishedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
- Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Keywords
- larval starvation, female reproductive output, egg size, egg number, Bicyclus anynana, Nymphalidae, larval food quality, development time, larval survival, pupal weight
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