Post by livingplanet3 on Apr 19, 2022 11:24:14 GMT -8
Until today, I was unaware that the wings of the great orange-tip (Hebomoia glaucippe), contain glacontryphan-M, which is the same potent toxin found in cone snails (genus Conus) -
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1209632109
I wonder if H. glaucippe's neotropical equivalent, Anteos menippe, might also have a chemical defense, and for that matter, what about other Pieridae with orange or red tipped forewings?
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1209632109
I wonder if H. glaucippe's neotropical equivalent, Anteos menippe, might also have a chemical defense, and for that matter, what about other Pieridae with orange or red tipped forewings?
