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lycaenid butterfly

NOUN
  1. any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

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  • 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
  • Many lycaenid butterfly larvae have specialised glands that produce honeydew specifically to enlist ants as bodyguards. Times, Sunday Times
  • The ants' relationship with some species of lycaenid butterfly can be more complicated and malevolent than straightforward mutualism. Times, Sunday Times
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