Polyphagy and obligate myrmecophily in the butterfly Hallonympha paucipuncta (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) in the neotropical cerrado savanna

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-394

  Kaminski, Lucas A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ants; Apodemia paucipuncta; Crematogaster; Extrafloral nectaries; Host plants; Nymphidiini; Spatial distribution; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; CERRADO; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; MYRMECOPHILY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

APODEMIA; FORMICIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHIDIINI; RIODINIDAE;

EID: 42649093806     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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