- Tytuł:
- The Importance of Nature (Length) of Proboscis in Hesperiidae Butterflies
- Autorzy:
- Khyade, Vitthalrao B.
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1075437.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2019
- Wydawca:
- Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
- Tematy:
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Butterflies
Corolla Tube
Hesperiidae
Mayureshwar
Proboscis
Siphoning - Opis:
- Modifications in the parts around mouth in butterflies appears to be the most significant feature for their life. Most of the butterflies use to feed on floral nectar. Butterflies, therefore may have a role as efficient pollinators for respective host plants. Development of long proboscis as modified mouth parts in butterflies is to be regarded as example of co-evolutionary line in animal kingdom. The Hesperiidae butterflies of Mayureshwar Wildlife sanctuary shown variations in their length of proboscis. The hesperiidae butterflies with longer proboscis visit plant species having flowers with long or deep-tube. Hesperiidae butterfly proboscis help to take up nectar food from long or deep tubed as well as short tubed flowers. The hesperiidae butterflies with extremely long proboscis in present attempt were observed to obtain the nectar from their preferred host plants. The Calathea species are reported as nectar host plants for the Hesperiidae butterflies of Mayureshwar Wildlife sanctuary. The species of skipper butterflies (family: Hesperiidae) with long proboscis could potentially utilize short flowers in addition to long flowers. It would be expected that, the number of flowering species visited by skipper butterflies (Family: Hesperiidae) would be greater than that of species skipper butterflies (Family: Hesperiidae) with short proboscis. The data in present attempt support the hypothesis. The skipper butterflies (family: Hesperiidae) with extremely long-proboscis, generally did not visit flowers with short nectar spurs. Both Lantana camera (L) (Family: Verbenaceae) and Stachytarpheta frantzii (L) (Family: Verbenaceae) attract many different flower-visiting insects. This is because, the flowers of Lantana camera (L) (Family: Verbenaceae) and Stachytarpheta frantzii (L) (Family: Verbenaceae) are easily accessible. These flowers are continuously exploited by a great variety of butterfly species possessing rather short proboscis. The skipper butterflies (Family: Hesperiidae) with long-proboscis are crowded out to deep-tubed flowers.
- Źródło:
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World Scientific News; 2019, 126; 101-117
2392-2192 - Pojawia się w:
- World Scientific News
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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