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Phengaris

Known as: Maculinea 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Successful Conservation of a Threatened Maculinea Butterfly
Bringing Back the Large Blue Flagship endangered species, such as the Large Blue butterfly have driven conservation programs… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Polymorphic growth in larvae of Maculinea butterflies, as an example of biennialism in myrmecophilous insects
The presence of annual and biennial individuals within the same population has been recently demonstrated in the myrmecophilous… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
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… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Interspecific differences in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Myrmica ants are sufficiently consistent to explain host specificity by Maculinea (large blue) butterflies
The chemical signatures on the cuticles of five common Myrmica ant species were analysed (49 colonies of M.rubra, M.ruginodis, M… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Food–plant niche selection rather than the presence of ant nests explains oviposition patterns in the myrmecophilous butterfly genus Maculinea
  • J. ThomasG. Elmes
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 25347973
It has been suggested that the socially parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon detects ant odours before ovipositing on initial… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Action Plan for Maculinea Butterflies in Europe
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
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… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
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… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The capacity of a Myrmica ant nest to support a predacious species of Maculinea butterfly
SummaryCaterpillars of Maculinea arion are obligate predators of the brood of Myrmica sabuleti ants. In the aboratory… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests
SummaryEcological studies have been made of all 5 European species of Maculinea. These confirm that M. nausithous and M. rebeli… 
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