An unexpected record of Myrmica schencki EMERY, 1895 as a secondary host ant of the hygrophilous form of a small and isolated population of the Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris (=Maculinea) alcon (DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in NE Poland

An unexpected record of Myrmica schencki EMERY, 1895 as a secondary host ant of the hygrophilous form of a small and isolated population of the Alcon Blue butterfly Phengaris (=Maculinea) alcon (DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in NE Poland

Phengaris alcon is a socially parasitic butterfly species showing ecological variation across its distribution range. Host ant specificity was studied on a site (a mineral island surrounded by wetlands) in the Narew National Park in NE Poland, inhabited by a highly isolated and small population (est...

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Main Authors: Sielezniew Marcin, Bystrowski Cezary, Deoniziak Krzysztof, Da Costa João Matos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-03-01
Series:Polish Journal of Entomology
Subjects:
Phengaris alcon
Maculinea
Myrmica schencki
Myrmica scabrinodis
myrmecophily
host ant specificity
Gentiana pneumonanthe
Narew National Park
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