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lycaenid

NOUN
  1. any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

How To Use lycaenid In A Sentence

  • To the former group belong the phytophthorous Homoptera, the plant lice, scale insects, or mealy bugs, tree-hoppers, lantern flies, and jumping plant lice; to the latter belong the caterpillars of the lycaenid butterflies, the "blues," or Introduction to the Science of Sociology
  • Weismann found, with regard to the climatic influence, that when the pupae of the German form of a lycaenid butterfly Polymmatus phlaeas was exposed to much higher temperatures, none of the emerged adults resembled the darkest form of southern variety eleus. Darwin's Defenders Go Neo-Lamarckian
  • Among the invertebrates, the Mt. Piper region in Victoria is home to a threatened community of ant-attended lycaenid butterflies. Southeast Australia temperate forests
  • Many lycaenid butterfly larvae have specialised glands that produce honeydew specifically to enlist ants as bodyguards. Times, Sunday Times
  • Genotype-specific response of a lycaenid herbivore to elevated carbon dioxide and phosphorus availability in calcareous grassland. New Content on CO2 Science
  • The ants' relationship with some species of lycaenid butterfly can be more complicated and malevolent than straightforward mutualism. Times, Sunday Times
  • Our work includes representative taxa from all the main lineages of riodinids, lycaenids, and nymphalids.
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