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The biology of carnivorous butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Miletini) and their ant-tended hemipteran prey in Thailand and the Philippines

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Lohman, David J., Samarita, Venancio U. (2009): The biology of carnivorous butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Miletini) and their ant-tended hemipteran prey in Thailand and the Philippines. Journal of Natural History 43 (9-10): 569-581, DOI: 10.1080/00222930802610485, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930802610485

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