Table 2 Electroantennogram (EAG) responses (Mean ± SD) of Cethosia cyane cyane to a range of doses of eight compounds.

From: Role of visual and olfactory cues in sex recognition in butterfly Cethosia cyane cyane

Compound

♀

♂

1 μg/μl

100 μg/μl

1 μg/μl

100 μg/μl

hexadecane

1.67 ± 0.20Ab

1.47 ± 0.42Abc

1.50 ± 0.80Ab

2.08 ± 0.98Acd

2-methyl-1-propene

1.11 ± 0.51Ab

1.03 ± 0.38Ac

1.01 ± 0.13Ab

1.28 ± 0.44Ad

3-phenyl-1-propyne

1.71 ± 0.76Ab

1.74 ± 0.55Abc

1.52 ± 0.71Ab

1.51 ± 0.56Acd

β-pinene

1.73 ± 0.70Ab

2.23 ± 0.85Abc

1.66 ± 0.49Ab

2.04 ± 0.74Acd

2-(2-butoxyethoxy)- ethanol

1.98 ± 0.50Ab

2.63 ± 0.40Ab

2.23 ± 0.09Ab

2.79 ± 0.63Abc

cedrol

1.91 ± 0.32Cb

2.51 ± 0.56Bb

2.18 ± 0.41BCb

3.20 ± 0.39Ab

heneicosane

1.24 ± 0.19Bb

2.96 ± 0.82Ab

1.29 ± 0.26Bb

3.53 ± 0.37Ab

linalool oxide

3.23 ± 0.82Ba

7.72 ± 2.02Aa

3.14 ± 0.53Ba

6.61 ± 1.06Aa

  1. Capital letters beside the data show the results of crosswise comparisons, and small letters show the results of lengthwise comparisons; the same letter indicates no significant difference (P > 0.05), and different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05).
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