Jennersten Ola
Dept. of Zoology, Box 561, S-751 22, Uppsala, Sweden.
Oecologia. 1984 Jul;63(1):80-89. doi: 10.1007/BF00379789.
Nectar plant utilization by butterflies was compared with the abundance of flowering plants on some SW Swedish meadows. The transportation of pollen grains by individual butterflies was analysed using a scanning electron microscope.For the majority of plant species, butteflies were of minor importance as pollinators. Some flowers with protruding sexual organs, e.g. Knautia arvensis, when heavily utilized by butterflies, might also be pollinated by these.For Dianthus deltoides and Viscaria vulgaris, butterfly pollination was found to be important.Several butterfly species, e.g. Plebicula amanda, visited legumes regularly. In spite of this, legume pollen was rarely transported by the butterflies. This suggests these butterflies act as nectar robbers among the legumes.
对瑞典西南部一些草地上蝴蝶对花蜜植物的利用情况与开花植物的丰度进行了比较。使用扫描电子显微镜分析了个体蝴蝶携带花粉粒的情况。对于大多数植物物种而言，蝴蝶作为传粉者的重要性较低。一些具有突出性器官的花朵，例如田野山萝卜，当被蝴蝶大量采蜜时，也可能由蝴蝶进行授粉。对于石竹科的石竹属植物和蝇子草属植物，发现蝴蝶授粉很重要。几种蝴蝶物种，例如阿曼达袖蝶，会定期拜访豆科植物。尽管如此，蝴蝶很少携带豆科植物的花粉。这表明这些蝴蝶在豆科植物中充当花蜜掠夺者。
