A female silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) on a shrub in the Donana National Park of southern Spain.
A female silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) on a shrub in the Donana National Park of southern Spain. P. argus has a mutualistic association with ants of the genus Lasius and uses the rockrose plant (Halimium halimifolium) as a larval host plant. The local distribution of P. argus can be predicted based on the distribution of the ant species. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecological Applications (15:4) in February of 2005.
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| Format | |
| Temporal and geographic description | Donana National Park, southern Spain. |
| Core Concepts | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
| Audience | |
| Pedagogical Use Description | This photograph could be used to illustrate mutualisms or blue butterfly species. |
| Keywords | mutualism, prediction, distribution, species distribution, host plant |
| Key taxa | female silver studded blue butterfly, Plebejus argus, ant, Lasius, rockrose plant, Halimium halimifolium |
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| Primary Author Controlled Name | |
| Primary Author Affiliation | Escuela Superior de Ciencial Experimentalas y Technologia, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Biology Program, Wilkes University |
| Primary Author email | dgutierrez@escet.urjc.es., kklemow@wilkes.edu |
| Rights | Copyright 2005 by the Ecological Society of America. |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2008-04-09 |
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