{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Dwi Advento A"],"pubmed_abstract":["Asian weaver ants (<i>Oecophyllasmaragdina</i>) are an important biocontrol agent in agricultural habitats. We conducted surveys in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia for an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly larvae, <i>Liphyrabrassolis</i> (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), that is known to consume weaver ant larvae in other habitat types. We found <i>L.brassolis</i> larvae in five of the twenty nests surveyed, with larval presence not being related to weaver ant nest size. We also observed <i>L.brassolis</i> larvae in a weaver ant mass rearing facility. This is the first report of <i>L.brassolis</i> from oil palm plantations and may have implications for the use of weaver ants as biological control agents."],"journal":["Biodiversity data journal"],"pagination":["e83842"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9848595"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar <i>Liphyrabrassolis</i> (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (<i>Oecophyllasmaragdina</i>) nests in oil palm plantations."],"pmcid":["PMC9848595"],"pubmed_authors":["Yusah KM","Salim H","Naim M","Caliman JP","Fayle TM","Dwi Advento A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The first record of the parasitic myrmecophilous caterpillar <i>Liphyrabrassolis</i> (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) inside Asian weaver ant (<i>Oecophyllasmaragdina</i>) nests in oil palm plantations.","description":"Asian weaver ants (<i>Oecophyllasmaragdina</i>) are an important biocontrol agent in agricultural habitats. We conducted surveys in oil palm plantations in Riau, Indonesia for an obligate myrmecophilous butterfly larvae, <i>Liphyrabrassolis</i> (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), that is known to consume weaver ant larvae in other habitat types. We found <i>L.brassolis</i> larvae in five of the twenty nests surveyed, with larval presence not being related to weaver ant nest size. We also observed <i>L.brassolis</i> larvae in a weaver ant mass rearing facility. This is the first report of <i>L.brassolis</i> from oil palm plantations and may have implications for the use of weaver ants as biological control agents.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2026-04-08T12:30:33.123Z","creation":"2025-04-07T03:18:41.692Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9848595","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36761604"],"doi":["10.3897/BDJ.10.e83842"]}}