Entomophagy, behavior, and elongated thoracic legs in the myrmecophilous Neotropical butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 712-721

  DeVries, P J ^a,b   Penz, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alesa; Entomophagy; Eurybiini; Leg elongation; Membracid nymph; Obligate myrmecophily; Riodinidae; Secretion feeding; Symbioses

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MYRMECOPHILY;

ALESA AMESIS; CAMPONOTUS FEMORATUS; FORMICIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; RIODINIDAE;

EID: 0034496365     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00519.x     Document Type: Article

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