Ant-association among southern African lycaenidae

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Heath, Alan ^a   Claassens, Andre J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Aphytophagy; Detritus; Entomophagy; Evolution; Myrmecophily; South Africa; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANOPLOLEPIS; APHNAEINI; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; LYCAENINAE; MILETINAE; MYRMICINAE; PORITIINAE; THECLINI;

EID: 0038198787     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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