Eating non-native plants helps some butterflies fight viral infections.

Feeding an unique grass as a substitute of their typical food regimen of native vegetation appears to assist white peacock butterflies combat viral infections. The discovering factors to the power of some species to reap the benefits of new flora launched into their atmosphere to extend their probabilities of survival.

Nadia Muchoney On the College of Nevada, Reno and colleagues wished to look at the impact of food regimen on white peacock butterflies (Anartian jatropha) – a big black and whitish butterfly species usually present in…