Table 2 Frequency of occurrence of iridoid glycoside compounds in larvae.

From: Preference, performance, and chemical defense in an endangered butterfly using novel and ancestral host plants

Diet

Aucubin

Catalpol

Macfadienoside

Methyl Shanziside

C. hispida bract

100 (22)

27 (6)

0 (0)

18 (4)

C. hispida leaf

100 (18)

11 (2)

94 (17)

100 (18)

C. levisecta bract

100 (22)

0 (0)

23 (5)

91 (20)

C. levisecta leaf

100 (16)

0 (0)

6 (1)

100 (16)

P. lanceolata leaf

100 (20)

100 (20)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. Data are percent (number) of samples.
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