... involved in development, perform loss-of-function experiments using programmable nucleases and analyze the phenotypic effects of mosaic mutant animals. This is enabled by the use of the amphibian Xenopus laevis and the butterfly Vanessa cardui , two organisms that reliably yield hundreds of large...

... Lepidoptera Inachis io Junonia coenia Nymphalis antiopa Siproeta stelenes Vanessa cardui Adult butterflies use their compound eyes to extract visual information from the illuminated environment. Along with olfaction, they use visual cues to select mates, detect food for themselves...

...F. Reed Hainsworth; Elizabeth Precup; Tracy Hamill ABSTRACT Volume and energy ingestion rates, meal sizes (intakes to satiation) and meal frequencies were measured for previously unfed adult painted lady butterflies ( Vanessa cardui L.) fed sucrose solutions or nectar from Lantana camera flowers...