Butterflies attracted by army ants in the nature preserve of Tambopata, Peru
Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterologia
1983
Journal Article
8
2
49-51
Reserva Nacional Tambopata animals invertebrates arthropods insects ants butterflies army ants animal behavior ecology natural history Madre de Dios Bibliography
Fifteen species of Pyrrhopyginae and Pyrginae (Hesperiidae) are reported as associated with army ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ecitoninae) swarm raids, in the Tambopata National Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru (Pyrrhopyge thelersa, Elbella intersecta intersecta, E. merops, E. patrobas blanda, E. umbrata umbrata, Nosphistia zonara, Temadia newitsonii hewitsonii, Myscelus pardalina pardalina, Passova ganymedes gelina, Aspitha agenoria sanies, Phocides metrodorus metrodorus, P. novalis, Polythrix minvanes, P. auginus and Chrysoplectrum perniciosus perniciosus).