Hormonal control of pupal coloration in the painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui

Yamanaka, Akira; Kometani, Miwako; Yamamoto, Kumio; Tsujimura, Yuki; Motomura, Megumi; Kitazawa, Chisato; Endo, Katsuhiko

doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.01.007

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“…Environmental cues detected at pupation sites, such as photoperiod, temperature, texture and background colour, play an important role in determining pupal colouration in butterflies that show pupal colour polyphenism (Poulton, ; Brecher, ; Smith, ). More recent studies also demonstrate the influence of environmental cues on pupal colouration in some other butterfly species (Yamanaka et al ., , ; Yamamoto et al ., ). Pupal colouration is controlled by hormonal factors in V. cardui and P. rapae (Yamanaka et al ., , ).…”

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“…More recent studies also demonstrate the influence of environmental cues on pupal colouration in some other butterfly species (Yamanaka et al ., , ; Yamamoto et al ., ). Pupal colouration is controlled by hormonal factors in V. cardui and P. rapae (Yamanaka et al ., , ).…”

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“…From a physiological aspect, the hormonal factors affecting pupal colouration are localized in the CNS of three investigated butterflies: I. io , P. xuthus and V. cardui (Starnecker, ; Yamanaka et al ., , ). The present data indicate the presence of two hormonal factors in Br‐SG‐TG 1 and TG 2,3 ‐AG 1–7 complexes of larval CNS that produce BW pupae, which show a dose‐dependent response with regard to the BW colouration of a ligated abdomen, based on a bioassay using ligated abdomens of P. machaon and P. xuthus short‐day pharate pupae.…”

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“…Physiologically, the determination of pupal colour is concerned with the secretion of hormonal factors in some Papilionidae, Nymphalidae and Pieridae butterfly species, such as P. xuthus (Yamanaka et al ., , ), Inachis io (Bückmann & Maisch, ), Vanessa cardui (Yamanaka et al ., ), P. brassicae (Kaysr‐Wegmann, ) and P. rapae (Yamanaka et al ., ). With regard to hormonal factors, the orange colouration of diapause pupae in P. xuthus is regulated by the secretion of orange‐pupa‐inducing factor (OPIF) derived from mesothoracic and metathoracic ganglia (TG 2,3 ) and all abdominal ganglia (AG 1–7 ) complexes localized in the last‐instar larval central nervous system (CNS), whereas the colouration of nondiapause pupae of brown types is also controlled by pupal‐cuticle‐melanizing‐hormone (PCMH) derived from the brain (Br)‐suboesophageal ganglion (SG)‐prothoracic ganglion (TG 1 ) complex (Yamanaka et al ., , ).…”

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Regulatory mechanisms in phenotypic plasticity of diapause and nondiapause pupal colouration of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon

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Nondiapause pupae of Papilio machaon L. exhibit pupal colour diphenism comprising green-yellow and brown-white types. To understand the regulatory mechanism underlying the control of pupal colouration in P. machaon, the effect of environmental cues on diapause and nondiapause pupal colouration is investigated. When larvae reared under short-day and long-day conditions are allowed to pupate in sites with a smooth surface and a yellow background colour, all diapause pupae exhibit a brown-white type and 89.5% of nondiapause pupae exhibit a green-yellow type, respectively. With rough-surface pupation sites, all diapause pupae exhibit brown-white and intermediate types, whereas a large proportion of nondiapause pupae exhibit brown-white and intermediate types, although some exhibit a green-yellow type. When extracts prepared from the head-thoracic and thoracic-abdominal regions of larval central nervous systems are injected into the ligated abdomens of P. machaon short-day pharate pupae, all recipients exhibit a brown-white colouration. Furthermore, when each extract is injected into the ligated abdomen of Papilio xuthus L. short-day pharate pupae with orange-pupa-inducing factor activity, recipients injected with the head-thoracic extract exhibit the brown type, whereas those injected with the thoracic-abdominal extract exhibit an orange colour. The results indicate that the response to the environmental cues of pupation site in P. machaon changes according to the photoperiodic conditions experienced during larval stages, and that at least two hormonal factors producing brown-white pupae are located in the larval central nervous system, with the secretion of these factors being regulated by the recognition of environmental cues in long-day larvae.

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Regulatory mechanisms in phenotypic plasticity of diapause and nondiapause pupal colouration of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon

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“…Swallowtail butterfly larvae change colour in response to numerous environmental factors via the mediating effects of an endocrine factor called pupal cuticle-melanising hormone (Yamanaka et al, 1999). Similar hormones have been shown to induce pupal colour change in a number of other butterflies (Jones et al, 2007;Yamanaka et al, 2009). The molecular mechanisms that mediate colour change in mantises, however, remain unexplored.…”

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Plastic background colour matching in the springbok mantis

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Holwell

2023

Functional Ecology

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Within‐species variation in colour phenotypes is widespread in animals. One mechanism by which such variation can be maintained is plastic background matching, where individuals plastically develop a similar colour to that of their surroundings. A few examples are known from insects that exhibit green–brown colour polyphenisms. But the extent to which plastic colour responses are shaped by other factors, such as genetic variation in plasticity or the interaction of other environmental cues, is poorly understood. Here, we investigate the plasticity of body coloration in the springbok mantis, Miomantis caffra—a species where hatchlings emerge brown in colour and typically change to green but sometimes remain entirely or partly brown through successive moults. We reared 350 mantises from 10 full‐sib families on a green or brown background under a high or low temperature and a high or low humidity using a fully factorial, split‐brood design, and recorded colour phenotypes (all green, all brown or mixed coloration) after 14 weeks of development. We found very strong evidence of developmental plasticity for background matching: The green background induced a higher incidence of the all‐green phenotype, whereas the brown background produced more of the all‐brown and mixed phenotypes. The all‐green phenotype was also universally more common under higher humidity, and under higher temperature when the background was green. However, not all body parts showed the same level of environmental sensitivity: The steepest reaction norms were observed in the mid‐legs and hindlegs, potentially reflecting selection for disruptive coloration of the body outline in browner environments. Using model comparison techniques, we found little evidence of genotype‐level variation in colour plasticity—a pattern likely the result of strong viability selection for camouflage. Our study shows how developmental plasticity in coloration can be triggered directly by the colour of the environment and indirectly by climatic cues associated with habitat coloration. We argue that this high level of developmental plasticity has likely evolved due to the diversity of habitats but sedentary lifestyle of this sit‐and‐wait predator. Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Insect Color Change Towards Understanding Molecular Links

Moriyama

2021

Pigments, Pigment Cells and Pigment Patterns

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Hormonal control of pupal coloration in the painted lady butterfly Vanessa cardui

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Regulatory mechanisms in phenotypic plasticity of diapause and nondiapause pupal colouration of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon

Regulatory mechanisms in phenotypic plasticity of diapause and nondiapause pupal colouration of the swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon

Plastic background colour matching in the springbok mantis

Physiological and Biochemical Mechanisms of Insect Color Change Towards Understanding Molecular Links

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