Table 1.
Samples included in 16S amplicon sequencing.
G: guts, WC: whole caterpillars, P: phytophagous, A: aphytophagous.
Table 2.
Samples included in stable isotope analysis.
Fig 1.
The sequence libraries of Anthene usamba caterpillars contained similar ratios of chloroplast to non-chloroplast sequences as those of phytophagous lycaenid species, whereas aphytophagous lycaenid species had no chloroplast sequences in their libraries.
Fig 2.
Stable isotope values are consistent with C. mimosae ants and A. usamba being functionally herbivorous on V. drepanolobium, while predatory Salticidae sp. and Clubiona sp. spiders are elevated by one trophic level.
Error bars show standard errors.
Fig 3.
Estimated relationships between fraction of A. usamba’s nitrogen and carbon derived from V. drepanolobium (p and q, respectively), and A. usamba’s nitrogen and carbon isotopic fractionation (Δ15N and Δ13C, respectively) in a simple two-source mixing model.