Haemopoietic organs and effect of their ablation on total haemocyte count in lemon-butterfly, Papilio demoleus L
Tiwari, R.K.; Pandey, J.P.; Salehi, R.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 40(10): 1202-1205
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5189 PMID: 12693707 Document Number: 547696
The haemopoietic organs in Vth instar larvae of P. demoleus are in the form of thin transparent cellular sheets, closely wrapped around the base of each wing-pad. Three cell types viz; prohaemocytes, plasmatocytes and oenocytoids appear to be derived from these organs and their ablation caused a reduction in cell number which, in turn, revealed that the haemocytes in general are derived both from the haemopoietic organs as well as from the circulating blood cells.