Abstract
Based on a global compilation of data on ant associates of 523 Lycaenidae species, a synthesis is attempted as to which ants participate in these interactions. Ants from 63 genera have thus far been observed as visitors of facultative myrmecophiles or as hosts of obligate myrmecophiles among the Lycaenidae. Over 98% of records come from nectarivorous and trophobiotic ants in just three subfamilies, viz. Formicinae, Myrmicinae and Dolichoderinae, with the genera Crematogaster and Camponotus occupying the top ranks. Accumulation analysis suggests that rather few ant genera remain to be added to the list of associates. The representation of ant genera as attendants of lycaenid immatures is related to their global species richness, but with some notable exceptions. Ants that form ecologically dominant, large, long-lived colonies are over-represented as hosts of obligate myrmecophiles. The taxonomic diversity of lycaenid-ant associations is highest in the Oriental and Australian region, and lowest in the Neotropical and Afrotropical region. Among tropical African lycaenids, this is due to two butterfly lineages (genus Lepidochrysops and subfamily Aphnaeinae) that have massively radiated in the Neogene, but mostly maintaining their general affiliations with either Camponotus or Crematogaster ants, respectively. Many tropical and subtropical lycaenids nowadays form associations also with invasive alien tramp ants, giving rise to novel mutualistic interactions.
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
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| Seiten (von - bis) | 159-174 |
| Seitenumfang | 16 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Nota lepidopterologica |
| Jahrgang | 44 |
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| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 8 Sep. 2021 |
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Fiedler, K. (2021). The ant associates of Lycaenidae butterfly caterpillars – revisited. Nota lepidopterologica, 44, 159-174. https://doi.org/10.3897/NL.44.68993
Fiedler, Konrad. / The ant associates of Lycaenidae butterfly caterpillars – revisited. in: Nota lepidopterologica. 2021 ; Band 44. S. 159-174.
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