Ant tending of Miami blue butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Partner diversity and effects on larval performance

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 474-482

  Trager, Matthew D ^a,b   Daniels, Jaret C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus floridanus; Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri; Linepithema humile; Lycaenid; Mutualism; Myrmecophily

Indexed keywords

ANT; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MUTUALISM; NATURAL ENEMY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 70349494348     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0309     Document Type: Article

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