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Phengaris

Known as: Maculinea 
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2010
Review
2010
Multiple host-ant use by the predatory social parasite Phengaris (=Maculinea) arion (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Phengaris (=Maculinea) arion is an endangered social parasite of Myrmica ants, and for a very long time was considered as… 
2008
2008
Host ant use of Maculinea teleius in the Carpathian Basin (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Host ant use of Maculinea teleius was investigated in 17 Hungarian and three Transylvanian (Romania) sites by opening Myrmica… 
2008
2008
Myrmica host-ants limit the density of the ant-predatory large blue Maculinea nausithous
Butterflies of the highly endangered genus Maculinea are parasites of red Myrmica ants. Prior to the adoption by Myrmica worker… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Species-specificity of the Phengaris (Maculinea) : Myrmica host system: fact or myth? (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Phengaris butterflies, which is the valid name for Maculinea van Eecke, 1915, display an intricate parasitic relationship with… 
2007
2007
Differences in the development of the closely related myrmecophilous butterflies Maculinea alcon and M. rebeli (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
The initially phytophagous caterpillars of Maculinea alcon and M. rebeli complete their development in Myrmica ant colonies as… 
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… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Egg-laying preferences of the xerophilous ecotype of Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Aggtelek National Park
The oviposition sites of the xerophilous ecotype of M. alcon (= "Maculinea rebeli") were surveyed in the managed (transi- tional… 
2004
2004
Short communication Gentiana cruciata as an additional host plant of Maculinea alcon on a site in eastern Poland (Lycaenidae)
The Alcon Blue Maculinea alcon ([Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775) inhabits wet grasslands or wet heaths throughout its European… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Action Plan for Maculinea Butterflies in Europe
1998
1998
Population modelling of the spatial interactions between Maculinea rebeli their initial foodplant Gentiana cruciata and Myrmica ants within a site
A spatial computer simulation model has been developed to assist our understanding of the ways in which Maculinea butterflies… 
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