Impacts of larval host plant species on dispersal traits and free-flight energetics of adult butterflies

Affiliations

Victoria M. Pocius: Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama
Staci Cibotti: Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University
Swayamjit Ray: Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
Obenewa Ankoma-Darko: Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University
Nathaniel B. McCartney: Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University
Rudolf J. Schilder: Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University
Jared G. Ali: Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

The growth of muscle and flight performance in monarch butterflies is influenced by the plant species the larvae grow on.