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| Authors: | Paula Seixas Arnaldo Irma Wynhoff Patrícia Soares Maria da Conceição Rodrigues José Aranha Sándor Csősz Ernestino Maravalhas András Tartally |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Forest Science and Landscape,University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro,Vila Real,Portugal;2.Dutch Butterfly Conservation,Wageningen,The Netherlands;3.GETER, Spacial Study Group,University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro,Vila Real,Portugal;4.Department of Zoology,Hungarian Natural History Museum,Budapest,Hungary;5.TAGIS, Centro de Conserva??o das Borboletas de Portugal,Museu Nacional de História Natural, Museu Bocage,Lisbon,Portugal;6.Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology,University of Copenhagen,Copenhagen,Denmark;7.Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology,University of Debrecen,Debrecen,Hungary |
| Abstract: | Larvae of the obligate myrmecophilous social parasite Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) were found exclusively using Myrmica aloba (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant hosts in NE-Portugal. This is the first record of the host ant usage of any Maculinea species in Portugal, and of any Maculinea using M. aloba nests. These results on such peripheral European populations confirm that knowledge of the local host ant species is crucial for the successful protection of these endangered butterflies, and vital for examining the evolution of such interactions. |
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