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Lycaenidae

National Institutes of Health

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2015
2015
The blue butterfly Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) holds the record of the highest number of chromosomes in the non-polyploid eukaryotic organisms
Abstract The blue butterfly species Polyommatus (Plebicula) atlanticus (Elwes, 1906) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) is known to have a… Expand
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2015
2015
Intragenomic variations of multicopy ITS2 marker in Agrodiaetus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Abstract The eukaryotic ribosomal DNA cluster consists of multiple copies of three genes, 18S, 5. 8S and 28S rRNAs, separated by… Expand
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2005
2005
Phylogenetic analysis of Cyanophrys Clench, a synopsis of its species, and the potentially threatened C. bertha (Jones) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)
A species level phylogenetic analysis of Cyanophrys Clench was performed using 14 characters of the frons, wing venation, wing… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Functional analysis of the myrmecophilous relationships between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
SummaryMature larvae of the myrmecophilous lycaenid Polyommatus coridon produce an average of 30.9 droplets of a honeydew-like… Expand
2004
2004
Phylogeny of Maculinea blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) based on morphological and ecological characters: evolution of parasitic myrmecophily
A phylogeny of blue butterflies of the genus Maculinea and related genera (Lycaenidae) is proposed, based on 91 morphological and… Expand
2004
2004
Host-ant trail following by myrmecophilous larvae of Liphyrinae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
In this study we report a case of ant-trail following by lycaenid caterpillars. Euliphyra mirifica and E. leucyana caterpillars… Expand
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2004
2004
Ants andPolyommatus icarus immatures (Lycaenidae) —sex-related developmental benefits and costs of ant attendance
SummaryThird and fourth instar larvae and pupae of the facultatively myrmecophilous Palaearctic blue butterflyPolyommatus icarus… Expand
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2001
2001
Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species
Maculinea butterflies are parasites of Myrmica ant nests. The Alcon blue, Maculinea alcon, is unusual in that it parasitizes the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence life history traits of a lepidopteran herbivore
Abstract Results from pot and microcosm studies in the greenhouse have shown that plant growth and foliar chemistry is altered by… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
LONG‐DISTANCE GENE FLOW IN THE SEDENTARY BUTTERFLY, EUPHILOTES ENOPTES (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)
  • M. A. Peterson
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1996
    • Corpus ID: 10084082
The relationship between gene flow and geographic proximity has been assessed for many insect species, but dispersal distances… Expand
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