The biology and ecology of the large blue butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) arion: a review

Controversial patterns of Wolbachia infestation in the social parasitic Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

(2015) Judit Bereczki et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Assessing reintroduction schemes by comparing genetic diversity of reintroduced and source populations: A case study of the globally threatened large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion)

(2014) Anne Andersen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Myrmica sabuleti (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) not necessary for the survival of the population of Phengaris (Maculinea) arion (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in eastern Poland: Lower host-ant specificity or evidence for geographical variation of an endangered social parasite?

(2014) Marcin SIELEZNIEW et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Host ant specificity of large blue butterflies phengaris (maculinea) (lepidoptera: lycaenidae) inhabiting humid grasslands in east-central europe

(2014) Magdalena WITEK et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Behavioural evidence for a putative oviposition-deterring pheromone in the butterfly, Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

(2014) Marcin SIELEZNIEW et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Phengaris (Maculinea) alconbutterflies deposit their eggs on tall plants with many large buds in the vicinity ofMyrmicaants

(2014) Irma Wynhoff et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Tetracosane on the cuticle of the parasitic butterflyPhengaris (Maculinea) nausithoustriggers the first contact in the adoption process byMyrmica rubraforagers

(2014) Gaetano Solazzo et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Differences in oviposition strategies between two ecotypes of the endangered myrmecophilous butterflyMaculinea alcon(Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) under unique syntopic conditions

(2013) Zsolt Czekes et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Local populations of endangered Maculinea (Phengaris) butterflies are flood resistant

(2013) Joanna Kajzer-Bonk et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Multilevel studies on the two phenological forms of Large Blue (Maculinea arion) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

(2013) Judit Bereczki et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Resource use of specialist butterflies in agricultural landscapes: conservation lessons from the butterfly Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous

(2012) Sergej H. D. R. Jansen et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

All natural habitat edges matter equally for endangered Maculinea butterflies

(2012) Piotr Nowicki et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Spatially and Financially Explicit Population Viability Analysis of Maculinea alcon in The Netherlands

(2012) Viktoriia Radchuk et al.   PLoS One

To lay or not to lay: oviposition of Maculinea arion in relation to Myrmica ant presence and host plant phenology

(2011) Dario Patricelli et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The generalism-specialism debate: the role of generalists in the life and death of species

(2011) ROGER L. H. DENNIS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

(2011) Line V Ugelvig et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Singing the blues: from experimental biology to conservation application

(2011) J. Settele et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris–Maculinea clade

(2011) L.V. Ugelvig et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evidence based conservation of butterflies

(2010) J. A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Habitat preferences of Maculinea arion and its Myrmica host ants: implications for habitat management in Italian Alps

(2010) Luca Pietro Casacci et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Looking for the ants: selection of oviposition sites by two myrmecophilous butterfly species

(2009) Irma Wynhoff et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

Host ant independent oviposition in the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon

(2009) M. A. Furst et al.   Biology Letters

Acoustical mimicry in a predatory social parasite of ants

(2009) F. Barbero et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Multiple host-ant use by the predatory social parasite Phengaris (=Maculinea) arion (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)

(2009) Marcin Sielezniew et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Successful Conservation of a ThreatenedMaculineaButterfly

(2009) J. A. Thomas et al.   SCIENCE

Queen Ants Make Distinctive Sounds That Are Mimicked by a Butterfly Social Parasite

(2009) F. Barbero et al.   SCIENCE