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Egg cluster size variation in relation to the larval food abundance in Luehdorfia puziloi (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Author(s) -
Matsumoto Kazuma,
Ito Fuminori,
Tsubaki Yoshitaka
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
population ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1438-390X
pISSN - 1438-3896
DOI - 10.1007/bf02513604
Subject(s) - biology , abundance (ecology) , lepidoptera genitalia , larva , cluster size , habitat , ecology , cluster (spacecraft) , zoology , physics , electronic structure , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Summary Mean egg cluster size of Luehdorfia puziloi yessoensis varied among habitats. The mean egg cluster size tended to be large when abundance of the larval food leaves expressed as the fresh weight of leaves per unit area at a given habitat was high. Since this variation was observed among closely located study plots (butterflies can easily move between study plots), the egg cluster size variation among habitats is likely to be a result of flexible response by females to varying food abundance for larvae.