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There are a number of butterflies that live at least part of their life in close association with ant species. ...s of the family Lycaenidae may have an association with ants at some stage of their development (Pierce, 1987; Fiedler, 1996, 2006).

...onstructed of leaf litter usually on the margins of wet ditches or fringes of boggy lakes. Alatae have been found in the nests during July (Collingwood 1 ...ierect setae (difference to ''[[Formica pressilabris]]''). Craniad profile of forecoxae with semierect pubescence and without or only single standing set

...ptera|butterfly]] [http://www.eol.org/pages/267841/overview ''Glaucopsyche alexis''] (Obregon et al. 2015). It hybridizes with ''[[Formica cinerea]]'' in the ...e as easily identified: individual values of nHFEX range 11 - 47 and those of nHT 5-22.

Common within favored habitats within its range. This is an ant of open areas with abundant exposure to sunlight, including forest clearings a <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

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.... ''C. cruentatus'' was responsible for 45% of the observed visits and 67% of the observed seed removals from a population from southern Spain. <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

...tterfly|Associate Type Link = Lepidoptera|Associate Taxon = ''Glaucopsyche alexis''|Associate Taxon Link = |Locality = |Source = Obregon et al. 2015|Notes = The records of ''Crematogaster auberti'' from Struma Valley in Bulgaria (Lapeva-Gjonova 20

Seifert (2002) - A member of the [[Formica cinerea group|''Formica cinerea'' group]]. ...he only species of the group occurring in Czechia, Poland, and the steppes of S. Russia.

...orkers. Nests are smaller than with ''[[Formica rufa]]'' and other species of this group and nest materials are coarser. A polygynous form with many grou ...], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], [[Türkiye]], [[Ukraine]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].<br />

...s and in Achaia it has been observed inside humid fir forest and in border of mountain meadows, pastures and fir forest (Borowiec & Salata, 2021). ...d bright red; gaster and ocellar region of head brownish black. Proportion of dark to red varies from north to south with some arctic samples having prop

...ubs on mountain pastures and along roadsides, also on shrubs along borders of deciduous, mixed and fir forests (Borowiec & Salata, 2021). A member of the [[Camponotus lateralis species group|''Camponotus lateralis'' species g

...and forming a sharp, weakly emarginate dorsal crest. A typical coloration of medium-sized to large specimens is mesosoma, petiole and appendages light y ...area of back of head only. Scapes and tibiae never with erect hairs. Back of head flat or feebly concave. Frontal triangle and frontal furrow distinct,

...ridge, covered only with apressed pubescence in addition to a ventral row of bristles, and its black to reddish-black body. Major workers have matte hea ...yntypes of var. ''concava'' Forel (Kugler, personal communication) because of their distinctly concave propodeal dorsum in lateral view and black body wi

A wide ranging species that occurs in a variety of habitats. In Greece it is uncommon although recorded from all mainland prov ...ll forms that cannot be clearly discriminated by a combination of features of all three castes. Even now, we suppose that “''M. scabrinodis''” includ

In Korea this species is common in mountainous highlands of more than 1000 meters (Dong & Kim, 2019). In Greece it is a mountain specie reported only from Ionian Islands: Ainos Mts. of Cephalonia. It prefers shadow mountain coniferous forests. In Achaia and Ae

...suggested that the true ''T. erraticum'' is common only in northern parts of the Balkan Peninsula. In the Greek material, we found only morphospecies id ...steriorly; clypeus with median notch as wide as or wider than deep. Dorsum of alitrunk and appendages without standing hairs. Body covered with adpressed

...etae absent or very few (nGu900 0.8). Dorsum of scape and extensor profile of hind tibia without or with very few semierect setae (nSc900 0.1, nHT900 0.9 ...nus'' was recorded from all Greek provinces but due to the recent revision of this genus (Seifert, 2020) its historical records should be reinvestigated

...s are formed and foraging tracks are frequently covered by surface tunnels of earth. This species is aggressive and readily attacks other ants. Nests are ...at of ''L. emarginatus''. The male is best distinguished by the possession of abundant standing pilosity on the appendages combined with the "''niger'' t