The arms race between heliconiine butterflies and Passiflora plants – new insights on an ancient subject

• Published in: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 555 - 573
• Main Authors: de Castro, Érika C. P., Zagrobelny, Mika, Cardoso, Márcio Z., Bak, Søren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Adaptation; adaptations; Adults; Alkaloids; Animals; Biological Coevolution; Biological evolution; Brain; Butterflies & moths; Butterflies - genetics; Butterflies - physiology; Chemoreception; Coevolution; Eggs; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Flavonoids; Glucosides; Heliconius; Herbivores; Host plants; Information processing; Larva - physiology; Larvae; Mimicry; Nectar; Oviposition; Passiflora; Passiflora - genetics; Passiflora - physiology; passion vines; Phenols; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant protection; plant–insect interactions; Predators; Preferences; Protection systems; Saponins; specialized metabolites; Tannins; Trichomes; Variegation; passion vines; Heliconius; plant-insect interactions; specialized metabolites; adaptations; coevolution

ABSTRACT Heliconiines are called passion vine butterflies because they feed exclusively on Passiflora plants during the larval stage. Many features of Passiflora and heliconiines indicate that they have radiated and speciated in association with each other, and therefore this model system was one of...