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Poor sequestration of toxic host plant cardenolides and their rapid loss in the milkweed butterfly Danaus chrysippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae: Danaini)

Mebs D, Wunder C, Toennes SW. Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, March 2017.

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LepidopteraSequestrationDanaus plexippusDanaus ChrysippusAsclepias CurassavicaToxic Cardenolides

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