Temporal and spatial distribution of the rare, myrmecophagous Illidge's ant-blue butterfly, Acrodipsas illidgei (Lycaenidae)

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-150

  Beale, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT-BUTTERFLY INTERACTION; ILLIDGE'S ANT-BLUE BUTTERFLY; MANGROVE; MYRMECOPHAGY;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, MARY RIVER HEADS;

ACRODIPSAS ILLIDGEI; AVICENNIA MARINA; CREMATOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE;

EID: 0031789291     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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