Battus polydamas

Morals ABB, Brown KB, Stanton MA, Massuda KF, Trigo JR. Are aristolochic acids responsible for the chemical defence of aposematic larvae of Battus polydamas (L.) (Lepidoptera Papilionidae) Neotrop Entomol 2013 42(6) 558-64. 

Larvae of the butterfly, Pachlioptera aristolochiae, which feed exclusively on plants of the family Aristolochiaceae, accumulate aristolochic acid (46) (Levinson, 1976). Aristolochic acids have also been isolated from several lepidop-teran caterpillars and are transferred to the pupae. Imagos of the swallowtail butterflies, Battus polydamas and B. phi-lenor, contain aristolochic acid (Nahrstedt, 1982 Urzua et al., 1987), but do not appear able to adjust the levels of toxins, as do monarch butterflies (Harbome, 1986). 

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