Miami blue butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and ants (Hymeoptera: Formicidae): New information on the symbionts of an endangered taxon

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Saarinen, Emily V ^a,b   Daniels, Jaret C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant organs; Butterfly ant relationship; Facultative symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMBIOSIS;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS ATRICEPS; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; CAMPONOTUS PLANATUS; CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORELIUS PRUINOSUS; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; PARATRECHINA BOURBONICA; PARATRECHINA LONGICORNIS; TAPINOMA MELANOCEPHALUM;

EID: 33645000883     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[69:MBBLLL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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