caa a22 4500 477082041 CHVBK 20180405111452.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01922410 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01922410 Butterflies and ants: The communicative domain [Elektronische Daten] [K. Fiedler, B. Hölldobler, P. Seufert] Associations with ants, termed myrmecophily, are widespread in the butterfly family Lycaenidae and range from mere co-existence to more or less specific mutualistic or even parasitic interactions. Secretions of specialized epidermal glands are crucial for mediating the interactions. Transfer of nutrients (carbohydrates, amino acids) from butterfly larvae to ants plays a major role, but manipulative communication with the help of odour signals is also involved. By means of myrmecophily, lycaenid butterflies largely escape ant predation, and certain species gain protection through attendant ants or achieve developmental benefits from ant-attendance. Benefits to the ants range from minimal to substantial food rewards. While most lycaenid species maintain facultative relationships with a variety of ant genera, highly specific and obligatory associations have convergently evolved in a number of butterfly lineages. As a corollary, communication systems are largely unspecific in the former, but may be highly specialized in the latter. The sophisticated communication between obligate myrmecophiles and their host ants is tightly connected with the evolutionary rise of specialized life-cycles and thus is a source of augmenting diversity within the butterflies. Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 1996 Lycaenidae nationallicence Formicidae nationallicence symbiosis nationallicence mutualism nationallicence parasitism nationallicence communication nationallicence ecology nationallicence evolution nationallicence Fiedler K. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut Hölldobler B. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut Seufert P. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/1(1996-01-01), 14-24 0014-4754 52:1<14 1996 52 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922410 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922410 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fiedler K. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hölldobler B. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seufert P. Lehrstuhl für Verhaltensphysiologie und Soziobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut am Biozentrum der Universität, Am Hubland, D-97074, Würzburg, (Germany) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/1(1996-01-01), 14-24 0014-4754 52:1<14 1996 52 18 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer