Jalmenus evagoras
Fraser, A.M., Tregenza, T., Wedell, N., Elgar, M.A., and N.E. Pierce. 2002. Oviposition preference and geographic specialization by the mrymecophilous butterfly Jalmenus evagoras (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in response to attendant ants. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 1-10.
Hughes, L., Chang, B.S-W., Wagner, D., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Effects of mating history on ejaculate size, fecundity, longevity, and copulation duration in the ant-tended lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 119-128. Abstract | pdf
Travassos,
M.A., and N.E. Pierce. 2000. Acoustics, context and function of vibrational
signalling in a lycaenid butterfly-ant mutualism. Animal Behaviour
60: 13-26.
Kitching, R., Sheermeyer, E., Jones, R. and N.E. Pierce (eds.). 1999. The
Biology of Australian Butterflies (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol.
6); CSIRO Press, Sydney, 395 pp.
Pierce, N.E. and D.R. Nash. 1999. The Imperial Blue, Jalmenus evagoras
(Lycaenidae), In: Kitching R., Sheermeyer, E., Jones, R. and N.E. Pierce (eds.).
The Biology of Australian Butterflies (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera
Vol. 6); CSIRO Press, Sydney, pp. 277-316. pdf
Axen, A. and N.E. Pierce. 1998. Aggregation as a cost reducing strategy for lycaenid larvae. Behavioral Ecology 9: 109-115.
Costa,
J.T., McDonald, J.H. and N.E. Pierce. 1996. The effect of ant association
on population genetic structure of the mutualistic butterfly, Jalmenus
evagoras (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society 58: 287-306. Abstract
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Pierce, N.E. 1995. Predatory and parasitic Lepidoptera: carnivores living
on plants. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49: 412-453.
Baylis,
M. and N.E. Pierce. 1992. Lack of compensation by final instar larvae of the
myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras for the loss of
nutrients to ants. Physiological Entomology 17: 107-114.
Baylis M. and N.E.Pierce. 1992. The effects of ant mutualism on the foraging
and diet of lycaenid caterpillars. In: Stamp NE & Casey TM (eds) Caterpillars:
Ecological and Evolutionary Constraints on Foraging. Chapman and Hall, New
York, pp. 404-421.
Baylis, M. and N. E. Pierce. 1991. The effect of host plant quality on the
survival of larvae and oviposition behaviour of adults of an ant-tended lycaenid
butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Ecological Entomology 16: 1-9.
Pierce N.E., Nash D.R., Baylis M. and E.R. Carper. 1991. Variation in the
attractiveness of lycaenid butterfly larvae to ants. In: Cutler D & Huxley
C (eds) Ant-plant interactions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 131-143.
Pierce N.E. 1989. Butterfly-ant mutualisms. In: Grubb PJ & Whittaker J
(eds.) Towards a more exact ecology, Blackwell, Oxford, pp 299-324.
Hill, C.J. and N.E. Pierce. 1989. The effect of adult diet on the biology
of butterflies. 1. The common imperial blue, Jalmenus evagoras.
Oecologia (Berl) 81: 249-257.
Elgar M.A. and N.E. Pierce. 1988. Mating success and fecundity in an ant-tended
lycaenid butterfly. In: Clutton-Brock TH (ed) Reproductive success: studies
of selection and adaptation in contrasting breeding systems. Chicago University
Press, Chicago, pp 59-75.
Smiley J.T., Atsatt P.R., and N.E. Pierce. 1988. Local distribution of the
lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras, in response to host ants and
plants. Oecologia (Berl)76: 416-422.
Pierce, N.E. 1987. The evolution and biogeography of associations between
lycaenid butterflies and ants. In: P.H. Harvey & L. Partridge (eds.) Oxford
Surveys in Evol Biol Vol. IV, pp 89-116.
Pierce, N.E., R.L. Kitching, R.C. Buckley, M.F.J. Taylor and K. Benbow. 1987.
Costs and benefits of cooperation between the Australian lycaenid butterfly,
Jalmenus evagoras and its attendant ants. Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 21: 237-248.
Pierce, N.E. and W.R. Young. 1986. Lycaenid butterflies and ants: two-species
stable equilibria in mutualistic, commensal, and parasitic interactions. American
Naturalist.128: 216-227. pdf
Pierce,
N.E. and M.A. Elgar. 1985. The influence of ants on host plant selection by
Jalmenus evagoras, a myrmecophilous lycaenid butterfly. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 16: 209-222.
Pierce, N.E. 1985. Lycaenid butterflies and ants: selection for nitrogen fixing
and other protein rich food plants. American Naturalist. 125: 888-895.
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Pierce, N.E. 1984. Amplified species diversity: a case study of an Australian
lycaenid butterfly and its attendant ants. In: Vane Wright RI & Ackery
PR (eds) Biology of butterflies. XI Symp R Entomol Soc (Lond). Academic Press,
London, pp 197-200.
