Extrafloral nectar feeding by Strymon jacqueline Nicolay & Robbins, 2005 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Authors

  • Roger Vila ICREA researcher at Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Edifici C, Campus de la UAB. 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, SPAIN
  • Rod Eastwood Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v13i1.1775

Keywords:

Ants, butterflies, cactus, desert, Formicidae

Abstract

Adults of the dry area specialist Strymon jacqueline Nicolay & Robbins, 2005 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) are here recorded feeding on extrafloral nectar of the large cactus Neoraimondia arequipensis var. gigantea (Werdermann & Backeberg) Ritter. The significance of these observations is discussed in relation to lycaenid survival in a xeric environment, pollination and mate location.

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Published

10/26/2006

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2006)

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Vila, Roger, and Rod Eastwood. 2006. “Extrafloral Nectar Feeding by Strymon Jacqueline Nicolay & Robbins, 2005 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 13 (1): 125-28. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v13i1.1775.