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Phengaris

Known as: Maculinea 
 
National Institutes of Health

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2010
2010
Not only the butterflies: managing ants on road verges to benefit Phengaris (Maculinea) butterflies
Obligate myrmecophilic butterfly species, such as Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius and P. nausithous, have narrow habitat… (More)
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Successful conservation of a threatened Maculinea butterfly.
Globally threatened butterflies have prompted research-based approaches to insect conservation. Here, we describe the reversal of… (More)
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2008
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2008
A mosaic of chemical coevolution in a large blue butterfly.
Mechanisms of recognition are essential to the evolution of mutualistic and parasitic interactions between species. One such… (More)
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2007
2007
Population structure of a large blue butterfly and its specialist parasitoid in a fragmented landscape.
Habitat fragmentation may interrupt trophic interactions if herbivores and their specific parasitoids respond differently to… (More)
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2005
2005
Population ecology of the endangered butterflies Maculinea teleius and M. nausithous and the implications for conservation
Butterflies of the genus Maculinea are highly endangered in Europe. The cuckoo species M. rebeli has been thoroughly investigated… (More)
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2004
2004
Effects of latitude, altitude and climate on the habitat and conservation of the endangered butterfly Maculinea arion and its Myrmica ant hosts
Analyses were made of the habitats of the endangered myrmecophilous butterfly, Maculinea arion, and its host ant, Myrmica… (More)
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2004
2004
The ecology of Myrmica ants in relation to the conservation of Maculinea butterflies
Maculinea butterflies in Europe, and probably most of Asia, are host specific social parasites of various species of Myrmica ants… (More)
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2001
2001
Food-plant niche selection rather than the presence of ant nests explains oviposition patterns in the myrmecophilous butterfly genus Maculinea.
It has been suggested that the socially parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon detects ant odours before ovipositing on initial… (More)
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2000
2000
Does the presence of ant nests matter for oviposition to a specialized myrmecophilous Maculinea butterfly?
More than 50% of the lycaenid butterflies have an ant-associated lifestyle (myrmecophily) which may vary from coexistence to… (More)
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1992
1992
The capacity of a Myrmica ant nest to support a predacious species of Maculinea butterfly
Caterpillars of Maculinea arion are obligate predators of the brood of Myrmica sabuleti ants. In the aboratory, caterpillars eat… (More)
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