(1) Pesticide Research Institute Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606 Kyoto, Japan;(2) Section of Ecology and Systematics, Corson Hall, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, New York
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.