What's New

(June 26, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(May 15, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: Publication List on Butterfly Studies by Dr. Shigeru AE

(May 15, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(March 20, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Artificial Insemination in the Lepidoptera

(March 10, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(Feb. 22, 2006, posted)

The 3rd Insect DNA Research Meeting (Jpn)
at International Christian University (ICU), Mitaka/Tokyo (March 4-5, 2006)

(Feb. 22, 2006, posted)

Open Symposium on Biodiversity: Convergence, Mimicry and Speciation (In Jpn)

March 27-28 (2006), Kyoto University, Kyoto

(February 22, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(January 10, 2006, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(December 17, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Futahashi R, Fujiwara H; Melanin-synthesis enzymes coregulate stage-specific larval cuticular markings in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus.; Dev Genes Evol. 2005 Oct;215(10):519-29

(November 3, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(October 15, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Hind tibia and first segment of tarsus of Pachliopta (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 15, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Male genitalia of Pachliopta aristolochiae, P. kotzebuea, P. phegeus, P. polyphontes and P. polydorus (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 13, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Morphology of Pachliopta aristolochiae and Pachliopta kotzebuea (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 13, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Morphology of Pachliopta phegeus (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 11, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Geographical Distribution of Pachliopta aristochiae (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 8, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Morphology of Papilio alphenor (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 7, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Geographical Distribution of Papilio alphenor (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 4, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Harpe of Papilio polytes and P. alphenor (Hiura I, Aljgar RE (1971))

(October 1, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(September 10, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.: Papanicolaou A, Joron M, McMillan WO, Blaxter ML, Jiggins CD(2005); Genomic tools and cDNA derived markers for butterflies.; Mol Ecol. 2005 Aug;14(9):2883-97.

(September 1, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(Aug. 31, 2005, posted)

Following seminar will be held by a 21C COE group of Kyoto University.

Control Mechanism of Pupal Protective Coloration in Butterflies (Dr. Sota HIRAGA) (In Jpn)

15:00-16:30, September 9, 2005, at: N-159 room, Dept. Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto

(August 27, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted: Hiraga S. (2005); Two different sensory mechanisms for the control of pupal protective coloration in butterflies.; J Insect Physiol.

(August 10, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: K. Maeki-and S.A. Ae (1979a); A chromosomal studiein interspecific hybrids of butterflies. 14. P. alphenor, P. polytes, P. helenus, P. protenor, P. memnon, P.nepheles.; Proc. Japan Acad. , Vol.55, Ser.B, (4):196-201 (1979).

(August 1, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(July 20, 2005, posted)

Following pages were newly posted in this site.: K.Maeki, M.Ogata and T.Shirozu (1965); A study of the chromosome in twenty-five species of formosan Rhopalocera.; Spec. Bull. Lepid. Soc. Jap., N0.1, 30(XII):1-lO (1965).

: K. Maeki and S.A. Ae (1966); A chromosome study of twenty-eight species of Himalayan butterflies (Papilionidae, Pieridae).; Spec. Bull. Lep. Soc. Jap., N0.2:107-119 (1966).

Kodo Maeki (1992): Chromosomal studies on interspecific hybrids of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) .; Kwansei Gakuin University Annual Studies, Vol. XLI, 145-165 ( 1992) .

(July 19, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.: K. Maeki and S.A.Ae (1970a); A chromosomal study in interspecific hybrids of butterflies (Lep. Papilionidae). 2. Papilio polytes БК x p.helenus БЙ , P.polytes БК x p.protenor БЙ and P. polytes БК x P. macilentus БЙ; Spec. Bull. Lep. Soc. Jap., N0.4, 25(X I ):131-139 (1970).

(July 16, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.: Publication List on Butterfly Cytogenetics by Dr. Kodo MAEKI

(July 11, 2005, posted)

Following page was renewly linked in this site.: Pherobase

(July 01, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(June 28, 2005, posted)

Following page was renewed in this site .

(June 27, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

Ono H, Ozaki K, Yoshikawa H. (2005): Identification of cytochrome P450 and glutathione-S-transferase genes preferentially expressed in chemosensory organs of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L.; Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2005 Aug;35(8):837-46.

(June 01, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(May 9, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

Suzuki MG, Funaguma S, Kanda T, Tamura T, Shimada T. (2005): Role of the male BmDSX protein in the sexual differentiation of Bombyx mori.; Evol Dev. 2005 Jan-Feb;7(1):58-68.

(May 5, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

Ono H, Yoshikawa H. (2004): Identification of amine receptors from a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L.: cloning and mRNA localization in foreleg chemosensory organ for recognition of host plants.; Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2004 Dec;34(12):1247-56.

(May 5, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

Takemura SY, Kinoshita M, Arikawa K. (2005): Photoreceptor projection reveals heterogeneity of lamina cartridges in the visual system of the Japanese yellow swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus.; J Comp Neurol. 2005 Mar 14;483(3):341-50.

(Apr. 18, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Adult Testis

(Apr. 18, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Adult Ovary

(Apr. 17, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Testis of Fifth Instar

(Apr. 16, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: The Tracheae System

(Feb. 16, 2005, posted)

Open Symposium on Mimicry and Neoteny in Insects (In Jpn)

March 10-11 (2005), Kyoto University, Kyoto

(Feb. 11, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Pupal Pigmentation

(Jan. 10, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted at the corner of "Diapause" in this site.

Spieth HR, Xue F, Strau K. (2004): Induction and inhibition of diapause by the same photoperiod: experimental evidence for a "double circadian oscillator clock".; J Biol Rhythms. 2004 Dec;19(6):483-92.

(Jan. 05, 2005, posted)

Following page was newly posted at the corner of "Diapause" in this site.

: Ring RA (1973); Changes in dry weight, protein, and nucleic acid content during diapause and normal development of the blowfly, Lucilia sericata.; J Insect Physiol. 1973 Mar;19(3):481-94.

(Jan. 04, 2005, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(Dec. 17, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Tobler A et al. (2004)
First generation linkage map of the warningly-colored butterfly Heliconius erato.
Heredity (2004) in press.

(Dec. 16, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Wang B, Porter AH. (2004)
An AFLP-based interspecific linkage map of sympatric, hybridizing Colias butterflies.
Genetics. 2004 Sep;168(1):215-25.

(Dec. 08, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Jiggins CD, Mavarez J, Beltran M, McMillan WO, Johnston JS, Bermingham E. (2004)
A genetic linkage map of the mimetic butterfly, Heliconius melpomene
Genetics. 2004 Oct 16.

(Dec. 03, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Capsule

(Dec. 01, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Genome Size of Butterflies

(Nov. 30, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: statistics

(Nov. 26, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Osmeterium

(Nov. 02, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.: Statistics

(Oct. 20, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Late Stage of 5th Instar

(Oct. 14, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Early Stage of 5th Instar

(Oct. 13, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: 4th Instar

(Oct 13, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.

Clarke C, Sheppard PM. (1975): The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Hypolimnas bolina (L.).; Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1975 Nov 13;272(917):229-65.

(Oct 12, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.

Janz N (1998): Sex-linked inheritance of host-plant secialization in a polyphagous butterfly.; Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B (1998) 26; 1675-1678.

(Oct 11, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.

Munyiri FN, Shintani Y, Ishikawa Y. (2004): Evidence for the presence of a threshold weight for entering diapause in the yellow-spotted longicorn beetle, Psacothea hilaris.; JJ Insect Physiol. 2004 Apr;50(4):295-301.

(Oct 9, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.

: Prepupae

(Oct 8, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Second Instar

(Oct. 7, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Pupal body Color Polymorphism

(Oct 1, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Phylogenetic Tree of Papilio species with Japanese name

(Sept 30, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Statistics

(Sept 23, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.

: First Instar

(Sept 22, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site.

: Egg

(Sept 16, 2004, posted)

Following page was newly posted in this site .

: Natural Mating

(Sept 15, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.

: Proboscis

(Sept 10, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was newly posted.

: Henry Walter Bates (1825-1892)

(Sept 09, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was posted.

: introduction for mimicry

(Sept 06, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was posted.

Clarke, C.A., P.M. Sheppard, and I.W.B. Thornton. (1968).: The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio memnon L.; Phil. Tran. Roy. Soc. London, ser. B. 254: 37-89.

(Sept 03, 2004, posted)

Following pages in this site were renewed.

: Genital Organ; Б@Hirami lemon

(Sept 01, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Statistics

(August 24, 2004, posted)

Page of "Reproduction" was renewed.

: Hand Pairing by Dr. Nakayama (BRH); Artificial Feeding (Adult)

(August 5, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Jiggins CD, Naisbit RE, Coe RL, Mallet J. (2002): Reproductive isolation caused by colour pattern mimicry; Nature. 2001 May 17;411(6835):302-5.

(August 2, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Lobbia S, Niitsu S, Fujiwara H. (2003).: Female-specific wing degeneration caused by ecdysteroid in the Tussock Moth, Orgyia recens: Hormonal and developmental regulation of sexual dimorphism.; Journal of Insect Science, 3:11-18 (2003).

(August 01, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Statistics

(July 26, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Endo K, Murakami Y (1985): Photoperiodic control of the determination of three different seasonal phenomena in the swallowtail, Papilio xuthus L.; Zool. Sci. 2, 755-760 (1985).

(July 23, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Clarke C, Sheppard PM. (1975): The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Hypolimnas bolina (L.).; Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1975 Nov 13;272(917):229-65.

(July 14, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was renewed in the page.

Ae SA (1979): The phylogeny of Papilio species based on interspecific hybridization data; Systematic Entomology (1979) 4, 1-16.

(July 03, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Ae SA (1979): The phylogeny of Papilio species based on interspecific hybridization data; Systematic Entomology (1979) 4, 1-16.

(July 01, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Zakharov EV, Caterino MS, Sperling FA.: Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and divergence time estimates for swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).; Syst Biol. 2004 Apr;53(2):193-215.

(July 01, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Statistics

(June 12, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Jiggins CD, Estrada C, Rodrigues A (2004): Mimicry and the evolution of premating isolation in Heliconius melpomene Linnaeus; Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(3) 680 - (May 2004).

(June 11, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was renewed and posted in the page.

Scriber JM, HagenБ@RH, Lederhouse RC (1996).: Genetics of mimicry in the tiger swallowtail butterflies, Papilio glaucus and P. canadensis (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).; Evolution (1996) 50: 222-236.

(June 7, 2004, posted)

New page 'Flight Period of Papilio polytes' was posted in this site.

(June 3, 2004, posted)

Following page in this site was renewed.
Statistics

(June 2, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was renewed and posted in the page.

Naisbit RE, Jiggins CD, Mallet J.: Mimicry: developmental genes that contribute to speciation.; Evol Dev. 5(3):269-80 (2003).

(June 1, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following papers were posted in the page.

Clarke CA, Sheppard PM.: The genetics of the mimetic butterfly Papilio polytes L.; Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 1972 Mar 16;263(855):431-58.

(May 31, 2004, posted)

Introduction of the following book was posted in the page.

Tsukiyama H, Chiba H, Fujioka T (1997): Japanese Butterflies and Their Relatives in the World I
Б@ pp. 672, Syuppan-Geizyutu-Sya Co., Ltd, (Tokyo) ISBN: 488293146X

(May 29, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following papers were posted in the page.

Noguchi H, Hayakawa Y. (2001): Dopamine is a key factor for the induction of egg diapause of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.; Eur J Biochem. 2001 Feb;268(3):774-80.

Noguchi H, Hayakawa Y. (1997): Role of dopamine at the onset of pupal diapause in the cabbage armyworm Mamestra brassicae.<>; FEBS Lett. 1997 Aug 11;413(1):157-61.

(May 28, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following papers were posted in the page.

Vanhoutte KJ, Michielsen KF, Stavenga DG. (2003): Analyzing the reflections from single ommatidia in the butterfly compound eye with Voronoi diagrams.; J Neurosci Methods. 2003 Dec 30;131(1-2):195-203.

Vanhoutte KJ, Eggen BJ, Janssen JJ, Stavenga DG. (2002): Opsin cDNA sequences of a UV and green rhodopsin of the satyrine butterflyBicyclus anynana.; Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2002 Nov;32(11):1383-90.

(May 27, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Kawasaki, H., K. Kiguchi, N. Agui and Y. Iwashita: Ecdysteroid titer and wing development during the pupal-adult transformation of Bombyx mori; Zool. Sci. 86, 301 (1986).

(May 25, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Endo, K., T. Ito and Y. Chiba: Photoperiodic control of pupal dispause in the swallowtail, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae); Zool. Sci. 86, 351-356 (1986).

(May 22, 2004, posted)

Abstract of the following paper was posted in the page.

Ae SA: The phylogeny of some Papilio species on interspecific hybridization data.; Systematic Entomology 4, 1-16 (1979).

(May 21, 2004, posted)

Abstracts of the following two papers were posted in the page.

Rothschild M, Mummery R: Carotenoids of butterfly models and their mimics (Lep: Papilionidae and Nymphalidae); Biol. J. Linnean Soc. 28: 359-372(1986).

Clark, SH & Platt, AP (1969): Influence of photoperiod on development and larval diapause in the viceroy butterfly Liminitis archippus.; Journal of Insect Physiology, 15, 1951-1957.

What's New

Artificial Insemination in the Lepidoptera

Open Symposium on Biodiversity: Convergence, Mimicry and Speciation (In Jpn)

Control Mechanism of Pupal Protective Coloration in Butterflies (Dr. Sota HIRAGA) (In Jpn)

Open Symposium on Mimicry and Neoteny in Insects (In Jpn)

News, Previously Posted (2004)