|
Study species |
Foodplant |
Ant association |
Local races |
Parasitoid |
|
Polyommatus coridon (Lepidoptera) |
100% phytophagous
Hippocrepis comosa |
Mutualist with Lasius, Myrmica in late instars |
Unspecific across Europe |
Unspecific |
|
P. bellargus (Lepidoptera) |
100% phytophagous
Hippocrepis comosa |
Mutualist with Lasius, Myrmica in late instars |
Unspecific across Europe |
Unspecific |
|
Plebejus argus (Lepidoptera) |
100% phytophagous
Multiphagous |
Obligate mutualist with Lasius niger in all stages |
Constant across Europe |
3 near-specific spp |
|
Maculinea arion (Lepidoptera) |
2% food: Thymus (cool sites) Origanum: (warm) |
last instar obligate predatory social parasite of M. sabuleti |
Possible ant host shift in E Europe |
Neotypus coreensis |
|
Maculinea teleius (Lepidoptera) |
5% Sanguisorba officinalis |
last instar obligate predatory social parasite of M. scabrinodis |
Possible ant host shift in E Europe |
N. pusillus ? cryptic spp? |
|
Maculinea nausithous (Lepidoptera) |
2% Sanguisorba officinalis |
last instar obligate predatory social parasite of M. rubra |
Constant across Europe |
N. pusillus
2 races |
|
Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera) |
2% Gentiana pneumonanthe |
last instar obligate cuckoo social parasite: M. rubra, M. ruginodis or M. scabrinodis |
3 host shifts in N.W. Europe |
Ichneumon eumerus |
|
Maculinea rebeli (Lepidoptera) |
2% Gentiana cruciata |
last instar obligate cuckoo social parasite of M. schencki, M. sabuleti or M. sulcinodis |
3 host shifts across central Europe |
I. eumerus probable new cryptic spp |
|
Microdon mutabilis
(Diptera) |
none |
100% predatory social parasite of Formica lemani in egg-pupal stages |
colony adapted to individual or local host populations |
Unknown |
|
Microdon myrmicae
(Diptera) |
none |
100% social parasite of Myrmica scabrinodis in egg-pupal stages |
Unknown in theory as M. mutabilis |
Unknown |
