Eupyrene sperm migrates to spermatheca after apyrene sperm in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Watanabe ◽  
M. Bon'no ◽  
A. Hachisuka
Keyword(s):  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Papilio Xuthus ◽  
Apyrene Sperm ◽  
Eupyrene Sperm

scholarly journals Destination of apyrene sperm following migration from the bursa copulatrix in the monandrous swallowtail butterfly Byasa alcinous

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuro Konagaya ◽  
Naoto Idogawa ◽  
Mamoru Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Sperm Storage ◽  
Bursa Copulatrix ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Storage Organs ◽  
Apyrene Sperm ◽  
Eupyrene Sperm ◽  
Spermathecal Gland

AbstractMost male lepidopterans produce fertile eupyrene sperm and non-fertile apyrene sperm, both of which are transferred to the female in a spermatophore during mating. Apyrene sperm outnumbers eupyrene sperm and both sperm types migrate from the bursa copulatrix to the spermatheca after mating. While eupyrene sperm are maintained in the spermatheca until oviposition, the number of apyrene sperm decreases with time. It is unclear whether apyrene sperm disappear from all sperm storage organs in females because both sperm types are often observed in the spermathecal gland. To investigate this, the numbers of both sperm types were estimated in the spermatheca and spermathecal gland of female Byasa alcinous (a monandrous butterfly) 6, 12, 48, 96, and 192 h after mating terminated. Apyrene sperm arrived in the spermatheca earlier than eupyrene sperm; however, some eupyrene and apyrene sperm migrated to the spermathecal gland from the spermatheca at almost the same time. The number of apyrene sperm reached a peak 12 h after the termination of mating and then decreased with time in both the spermatheca and spermathecal gland. Our results suggest that the role of apyrene sperm might be completed early after arriving in the spermatheca of B. alcinous.

COLOR VISION AND RETINAL RANDOMNESS OF THE JAPANESE YELLOW SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY, PAPILIO XUTHUS

Vision ◽  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
KENTARO ARIKAWA ◽  
MICHIYO KINOSHITA ◽  
JUNKO KITAMOTO ◽  
DOEKELE G. STAVENGA
Keyword(s):  
Color Vision ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Papilio Xuthus

scholarly journals Evidence for the Presence of the Summer-Morph-Producing Hormone in the Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 1117-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takamasa Ito ◽  
Akira Yamanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Tanaka ◽  
Masao Watanabe ◽  
Katsuhiko Endo
Keyword(s):  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Papilio Xuthus

Extraction and partial characterization of pupal-cuticle-melanizing hormone (PCMH) in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

1999 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Yamanaka ◽  
Katsuhiko Endo ◽  
Hirofumi Nishida ◽  
Nobuko Kawamura ◽  
Yuriko Hatase ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Partial Characterization ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Papilio Xuthus ◽  
Pupal Cuticle

Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Variation of the Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio xuthus, and the Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae

2009 ◽  
Vol 47 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heon Cheon Jeong ◽  
Jung A. Kim ◽  
Hyun Hwak Im ◽  
Hyung Uk Jeong ◽  
Mee Yeon Hong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
Pieris Rapae ◽  
Swallowtail Butterfly ◽  
Cabbage Butterfly ◽  
Papilio Xuthus ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna Sequence ◽  
Dna Sequence Variation
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