First host plant record for Strymon davara (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the highly human-modified coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert

Vargas, Héctor A.; Duarte, Marcelo

doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2016.06.006

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“…Eumaeines occur in a wide range of habitats. They inhabit areas with negligible rainfall, such as the Atacama Desert, to forests with 800 cm annual precipitation (Lamas, McInnis, Busby, & Robbins, 2021; Vargas & Duarte, 2016). They occur in areas up to 4000 m elevation (Bálint, Katona, & Kertész, 2019).…”

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Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Robbins

Cong

Zhang

et al. 2022

Systematic Entomology

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Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Robbins

Cong

Zhang

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Systematic Entomology

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The Natural History of Caterpillar-Ant Associations

Pierce

Dankowicz

2022

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The caterpillars of many Lepidoptera are neither attacked nor tended by ants but nevertheless appear to be obligately ant-associated and benefit from the enemy-free space created by ants. Obligate myrmecophiles that do not attract ants through stridulatory or chemical signaling are limited to habitats where ants are reliably present for other reasons, either among ant-attended hemipterans, on ant-plants, or around ant nests. Particularly in the tropics, obligate ant associates that passively coexist with ants are more diverse than previously recognized, including, for example, hundreds of African species in the lycaenid subfamily Poritiinae. Mutualists and parasites of ants have been reported in eleven families: Tineidae, Tortricidae, Cyclotornidae, Coleophoridae, Crambidae, Erebidae, Notodontidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, and Riodinidae. Altogether, myrmecophily has originated at least 30 times in Lepidoptera, and many groups may remain undiscovered. The butterfly families Lycaenidae and Riodinidae contain the vast majority of ant-associated species: larvae of at least 3841 (71%) of the ~5390 described Lycaenidae and 308 (20%) of the ~1562 described Riodinidae are known or inferred to be ant-associated, and both families possess specialized, convergently developed exocrine glands and stridulatory devices to communicate with ants. Many caterpillar-ant relationships previously characterized as mutualisms may actually be parasitic, as caterpillars can manipulate ants and ultimately exert a fitness cost. In the family Lycaenidae, highly specialized and obligate ant associations are found largely in the Old World tropics, Australia, and Southern Africa, where the stoichiometry of soil micronutrients, particularly sodium and phosphorus, climate, host plants, and geography may all selectively shape caterpillar-ant associations.

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An endangered hemiparasitic shrub is the only host plant of the little-known Neotropical hairstreak Strymon flavaria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the arid Andes

Ramírez-Fischer

Benyamini²,

Vargas

2016

J Insect Conserv

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First host plant record for Strymon davara (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the highly human-modified coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

The Natural History of Caterpillar-Ant Associations

An endangered hemiparasitic shrub is the only host plant of the little-known Neotropical hairstreak Strymon flavaria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the arid Andes

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