A catalogue of Californian lycaenid butterfly specimens of historical interest deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-516
Author(s):  
Zsolt Bálint ◽  
Thi Hong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Lycaenid Butterfly

The distribution and density of a lycaenid butterfly in relation to Lasius ants

Oecologia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Jordano ◽  
J. Rodr�guez ◽  
C. D. Thomas ◽  
J. Fern�ndez Haeger
Keyword(s):  
Lycaenid Butterfly

Oxygenated sesquiterpenoids characteristic of a male lycaenid butterfly Lycaeides argyrognomon praeterinsularis

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 109-111
Author(s):  
Yutaro Morozumi ◽  
Tomotoshi Murakami ◽  
Michihito Watanabe ◽  
Shinji Ohta ◽  
Hisashi Ômura
Keyword(s):  
Lycaenid Butterfly

scholarly journals Ant association facilitates the evolution of diet breadth in a lycaenid butterfly

2010 ◽  
Vol 278 (1711) ◽  
pp. 1539-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Forister ◽  
Zachariah Gompert ◽  
Chris C. Nice ◽  
Glen W. Forister ◽  
James A. Fordyce
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Diet Breadth ◽  
Demographic Model ◽  
Adaptive Diversification ◽  
Host Range Evolution ◽  
Mutualistic Interactions ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly ◽  
Ant Association

The role of mutualistic interactions in adaptive diversification has not been thoroughly examined. Lycaenid butterflies provide excellent systems for exploring mutualistic interactions, as more than half of this family is known to use ants as a resource in interactions that range from parasitism to mutualism. We investigate the hypothesis that protection from predators offered to caterpillars by ants might facilitate host-range evolution. Specifically, experiments with the butterfly Lycaeides melissa investigated the role of ant association in the use of a novel host, alfalfa, Medicago sativa , which is a sub-optimal host for larval development. Survival on alfalfa is increased by the presence of ants, thus supporting the hypothesis that interaction with ants might be important for host-range evolution. Using a demographic model to explore ecological conditions associated with host-range expansion in L. melissa , we conclude that the presence of ants might be an essential component for populations persisting on the novel, sub-optimal host.

A new Disease of Cardamom (Elatteria cardamomi) apparently due to Insect Damage in South India

1935 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar ◽  
M. S. Kylasam
Keyword(s):  
South India ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Insect Damage ◽  
New Disease ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Scolytid Beetle ◽  
Growing Crop

So far as the writers are aware, there is very little on record regarding insect pests of cardamom, especially of those affecting the growing crop, in India. This is chiefly due to the fact that this crop is grown only in some select forest areas, and we get very few opportunities of studying its diseases. The only insects so far recorded as casual pests of cardamom appear to be (1) the shoot-borer caterpillar (Dichocrocis punctiferalis, Guen.) recorded by Macmillan in 1925 ; this is a well-known pest of castor, turmeric and ginger in the plains. (2) A capsule-boring Scolytid beetle, a minute dark brown insect boring in the capsules like the rice weevil; it is not quite clear from the available information in the records from Coorg whether this was noted as a pest of the growing crop or only in the stored dry capsules. (3) The cardamom borer, Lampides elpis, Godt., the pinkish caterpillar of a small blue Lycaenid butterfly which has been noted to attack the flowers and pods to a certain extent but not seriously. (4) A swarming caterpillar (Eupterote sp.) which was once noted as causing substantial defoliation of the crop. (5) A white delicate lace-wing bug (Stephanitis typicus, Dist.), a minor pest also found on turmeric and ginger. A few others, like Ischnodemus vochus, Tol. (a bug) and Hilarographa caminodes, Meyr. (a root-boring caterpillar), have also been noted off and on ; but none of them has ever attained the status of a serious pest.

A review of the "browni group" of Penaincisalia with notes on their distribution and variability (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1941 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS PRIETO ◽  
ZSOLT BÁLINT ◽  
PIERRE BOYER ◽  
ESTEFANÍA MICÓ
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Wing Shape ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Taxonomic History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group A ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly

We provide a taxonomic review of the “browni group”, a cloud forest lineage of the diverse lycaenid butterfly genus Penaincisalia, distributed from Costa Rica to northern Argentina. The group is characterized on the basis of five characters provided by wing shape, forewing androconia and genital structures. We distinguish eight species in the group: P. browni (Johnson, 1992), P. caeruleonota Hall & Willmott, 2005; P. cuiva Prieto & Rodriguez, 2007; P. magnifica (Johnson, 1992), P. purpurea (Johnson, 1992), P. saraha (Johnson, 1992), P. vittata (Johnson, 1992) and P. regala (Le Crom & Johnson, 1997). We confirm their status as presented in the recent Checklist of Neotropical Butterflies (Robbins, 2004), except for P. regala which is reinstated to species status from synonymy. The taxonomic history of each species with references to type material is provided. Every species is diagnosed, male and female phenotypes are associated, described and data on their distribution and biology are given. If relevant the variability of the species is discussed.

Role of photonic-crystal-type structures in the thermal regulation of a Lycaenid butterfly sister species pair

2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Biró ◽  
Zs. Bálint ◽  
K. Kertész ◽  
Z. Vértesy ◽  
G. I. Márk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Sister Species ◽  
Thermal Regulation ◽  
Species Pair ◽  
Crystal Type ◽  
Lycaenid Butterfly

Structure-Color-Species Correlation in Photonic Nanoarchitectures Occurring in Blue Lycaenid Butterfly Scales

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 8822-8828
Author(s):  
G. Piszter ◽  
K. Kertész ◽  
Z. Vértesy ◽  
G. I. Márk ◽  
Zs. Bálint ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lycaenid Butterfly
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