Table 2.

Cg concentration (µg/mg of dry weight; mean ± se) for captive-reared adults of five heliconiini species compared with wild caught butterflies

CGs Species	Putatively-synthesized			Sequestered				Total [CGs] µg/mg of DW
	Linamarin	Lotaustralin	Epilotaustralin	Epivolkenin	Tetraphyllin B	Tetraphyllin A	Dihydrogynocardin
Dione juno Reared Wild	31.77 ± 6.00 12.50 ± 2.11	7.83 ± 1.97 2.76 ± 1.08	1.90 ± 0.40 1.13 ± 0.16	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	41.51 ± 7.96 16.40 ± 2.72
Heliconius doris Reared Wild	41.15 ± 3.16 24.37 ± 2.93	2.44 ± 0.34 5.50 ± 2.60	0.02 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.09	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	43.60 ± 3.35 29.97 ± 4.77
Heliconius erato Reared Wild	2.82 ± 7.62 0.52 ± 0.25	1.14 ± 2.32 0.18 ± 0.12	0.37 ± 0.60 0.00	1.87 ± 0.42 6.74 ± 1.73	0.00 1.76 ± 0.68	0.00 0.07 ± 0.05	0.00 0.04 ± 0.03	6.20 ± 9.84 9.31 ± 1.19
Heliconius melpomene Reared Wild	21.00 ± 5.57 15.50 ± 1.68	3.16 ± 1.54 5.82 ± 0.69	1.52 ± 1.29 0.72 ± 0.18	0.00 0.46 ± 0.40	0.00 3.84 ± 0.96	0.00 0.15 ± 0.10	0.00 0.00	25.69 ± 7.61 26.48 ± 2.31
Heliconius numata Reared Wild	26.88 ± 2.95 14.44 ± 1.45	2.69 ± 0.38 5.29 ± 0.65	0.33 ± 0.10 0.76 ± 0.19	0.00 3.04 ± 0.11	0.00 0.13 ± 1.25	0.00 0.00	0.00 0.00	29.89 ± 3.24 23.68 ± 2.64

Total number of captive-reared adults n 80: D. juno n  20, H. doris n 22 and H. numata n 24 were reared as larvae on Passiflora riparia, H. erato n 9 was reared on P. trifasciata and H. melpomene n 5 was reared as larvae on P. triloba

Total number of wild-caught adults n 116: D. juno n 13, H. doris n 8, H. erato n 36, H. melpomene n 25, H. numata n 34