Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members...
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myrmecophilous, eating ant larvae. Some larvae, especially those of the Lycaenidae, form mutual associations with ants. They communicate with the ants using...
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family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 428 species or subspecies of Lycaenidae are...
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Pieridae (whites, yellows, orangetips, sulphurs) Riodinidae (metalmarks) Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies: blues, coppers and relatives) Nymphalidae...
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present in all families of the Papilionoidea and more prominent in the Lycaenidae, Pieridae, and certain taxa of the Nymphalidae. Apart from color variation...
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Crusader motorcycle engine Alaena, a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae commonly called zulus Azul Zulu, a binary build of OpenJDK (a Java implementation)...
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The Hypotheclini are a small tribe of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The tribe contains a mere 2 genera at present, but as not all Theclinae have...
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Gossamer-wings are the smallest butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.5-2.0 inches (1.2-5.1 cm). There are about 7,000 species worldwide with about...
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Arhopala ocrida, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. It is found in the Indomalayan realm where...
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This is a list of butterfly species found in the union territory of Chandigarh in India. Tirumala limniace (blue tiger) Danaus genutia (common tiger) Danaus...
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