Phylogenetic patterns in larval host plant and ant association of Indo-Australian Arhopalini butterflies (Lycaenidae: Theclinae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-241

  Megens, Hendrik Jan ^a,b   De Jong, Rienk ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^c  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ant mutualism; Fagaceae; Host plant evolution; Macaranga; Phylogeny; T PTP test

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTION; HOST SELECTION; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

ARHOPALA; ARHOPALINI; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; FAGACEAE; FLOS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MACARANGA; PAPILIONOIDEA; THECLINAE;

EID: 13644272673     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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