The ant associates of Lycaenidae butterfly caterpillars – revisited
Based on a global compilation of data on ant associates of 523 Lycaenidae species, a synthesis is attempted as to which ants participate in these interactions. Ants from 63 genera have thus far been observed as visitors of facultative myrmecophiles or as hosts of obligate myrmecophiles among the Lyc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Nota Lepidopterologica |
| Online Access: | https://nl.pensoft.net/article/68993/download/pdf/ |