The biology of carnivorous butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Miletini) and their ant-tended hemipteran prey in Thailand and the Philippines

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 569-581

  Lohman, David J ^a,b   Samarita, Venancio U ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Aphytophagy; DNA barcoding; Formicidae; Social parasitism; Tritrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANT; APHID; BUTTERFLY; CARNIVORE; DNA; FEEDING; LARVA; PARASITISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

APHIDIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GREENIDEIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; MILETINAE; MILETINI; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 61649095685     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930802610485     Document Type: Article

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