Ressources florales exploitées par quelques Apoïdes des zones cultivées en savane arborée sénégalaise durant la saison des pluies

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Foraging and pollination activity of Papilio demodocus (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae) on the flowers of Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) at Dang (Ngaoundéré, Cameroon)

“…Papilio demodocus could visit up to 126 flowers on a foraging trip and be in contact with several stigmas and anthers of different flowers. Therefore, this butterfly was likely to play a positive role on geitogamy, by putting the pollen of a flower on the stigma of another flower of the same plant [44] or on xenogamy by putting the pollen of a plant on the stigma of a flower from another plant [45] . The positive and significant contribution of P. demodocus in the fruit production of L. camara is justified by the action of this butterfly on the pollination of the flowers visited.…”