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Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary biology of Acrodipsas (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Apr 2003
Eastwood Rod, Hughes Jane M
Abstract excerpt
Most butterflies in the family Lycaenidae associate with ants but fewer than 3% are myrmecophagous. Larvae of the Australian endemic butterfly genus Acrodipsas parasitise the nests of ants from two subfamilies and, thus, constitute an interesting and uncommon myrmecophagous radiation within the L...
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