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Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds That Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite
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Sounds produced by pupae and larvae of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea rebeli mimic those of queen ants more closely than those of workers, enabling them to achieve high status within ant societies.
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Relative importance of density-dependent regulation and environmental stochasticity for butterfly population dynamics
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It would appear that density-dependent regulation may be more widespread in this group of butterflies than previously thought, while the role of environmental stochasticity has probably been overestimated.
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Can the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli, become a threat for European biodiversity?
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Cacyreus marshalli represents a potential threat for both native geraniums and for Geranium-consuming lycaenids, such as Aricia nicias Meigen and Eumedonia eumedon Esper.
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European red List of Butterflies
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To lay or not to lay: oviposition of Maculinea arion in relation to Myrmica ant presence and host plant phenology
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IS THE PARTIAL MANTEL TEST INADEQUATE?
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Results do not support the criticism of the partial Mantel test, and in conditions of moderate correlation between the independent matrices, the actual error rate is closely associated to the intended type‐I error a.
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When the Rule Becomes the Exception. No Evidence of Gene Flow between Two Zerynthia Cryptic Butterflies Suggests the Emergence of a New Model Group
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Haplotype distribution and climatic models showed that during glacial maxima both species experienced a strong range contraction and presumably remained separated into different microrefugia in southern France, in the Italian Peninsula and on the islands of Elba and Sicily.
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Acoustical mimicry in a predatory social parasite of ants
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It is concluded that chemical mimicry enables Maculinea larvae to be accepted as colony members by worker ants, but that caterpillars and pupae of both predatory and cuckoo butterflies employ acoustical mimicry of queen ant calls to elevate their status towards the highest attainable position within their host's social hierarchy.
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Variation in Butterfly Larval Acoustics as a Strategy to Infiltrate and Exploit Host Ant Colony Resources
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It is found that, although varying between and within butterfly species, the larval acoustic emissions are more similar to queens' than to workers' stridulations, which reveals the role of acoustic signals both in parasite integration and in adoption rituals.
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6 – Mediterranean Insect Conservation
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