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Odor of a papilionid butterfly

Odoriferous substances emitted byAtrophaneura alcinous alcinous (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

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Benzaldehyde, phenylacetaldehyde (major component), 2-phenylpropenal,n-heptanal, 6-methylhept-5-en-2-one, and linalool were identified as compounds responsible for the male scent ofAtrophaneura alcinous alcinous. These substances were present predominantly in the wings, and the quantity of them was largest at the inner margin of the hind wing. Female wings also contained some of them in much smaller (except a few components) amounts. The relative proportion of each component exhibited manifests sexual differences.

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Honda, K. Odor of a papilionid butterfly. J Chem Ecol 6, 867–873 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00990470

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