Can nectar properties explain sex‐specific flower preferences in the Adonis Blue butterfly Lysandra bellargus?

By H. Rusterholz, Andreas Erhardt. 2000

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COMPETITION FOR COMPOSITION: LESSONS FROM NECTAR-FEEDING ANT COMMUNITIES (2004, background): “These differences may be linked to variable nutrient requirements across different taxa (Kevan and Baker 1983, Alm et al. 1990), colonies (Cassill and Tschinkel 1999), sexes (Erhardt and Rusterholz 1998), or seasons (Sudd and Sudd 1985, Rusterholz and Erhardt 2000).”
The taste of nectar - a neglected area of pollination ecology (2002, background): “The differential foraging behaviour of male and female adonis blue butterflies shown by Rusterholz and Erhardt (2000) points to a role for nectar amino acids in reproduction in this species; the pattern may be more widespread.”
Allocation of larval and adult resources to reproduction in a fruit‐feeding butterfly (2004, background): “Additionally, amino acid-containing nectars seem to be preferred over carbohydrate-only food sources by some species and sexes (e.g. Erhardt & Rusterholz 1998; Rusterholz & Erhardt 2000; Mevi- Schutz, Goverde & Erhardt 2003).”
Nutritional value of floral nectar sources for flight in the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia glomerata (2006, background): “For example, on average, a single flower of O. vulgare contains 11.5 mg glucose, 13.3 mg fructose, 40.4 mg sucrose and 92.4 pM amino acids (Rusterholz & Erhardt, 2000).”