The butterfly's flight is slow, unlike the swift, erratic flight of many other Lycaenidae.
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Like their sister family Lycaenidae, numerous species of Riodinidae are myrmecophiles ( involving about 280 ant species ).
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The orchid tit is one of the rare butterflies belonging to the family Lycaenidae ( Kehimkar, 2008 ).
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"' Pupa "'- Smooth and greenish grey, resembles those of other Lycaenidae species.
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These plants attract several butterflies, for example the many-plumed moth, the vanessa cardui and lycaenidae.
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This also is the case with several linages of Lycaenidae and contributed to arguments for the uniting the two families.
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Hypochrysops is a genus of " blues ", butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which is notorious for its myrmecophily.
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The head in relation to the eyes is wider than in Lycaenidae, making the antennal bases further away from the eye.
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DeVries discovered the substrate-borne calls produced by caterpillars that form symbioses with ants in the butterfly families Riodinidae and Lycaenidae.
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As with many Lycaenidae, sugar ants attend the larvae, in this case the species " Froggatella kirbii ".
