Title: Secondary nectar robbing by Lycaenidae and Riodinidae: Opportunistic but not infrequent.
Authors: Wilson Rankin, Erin E.; Rankin, David T.
Abstract: " Adult Butterfly Feeding-Nectar Flower Associations: Constraints of Taxonomic Affiliation, Butterfly, and Nectar Flower Morphology." Nectar feeding without pollination is sometimes referred to as nectar thievery (Inouye, [9]), nectar robbing (e.g., Agrawal et al., [1]; Bauder et al., [3]), or ineffective legitimate visitation (Castro et al., [4]). Keywords: butterflies; Lycaenidae; nectar larceny; nectar robbing; Penstemon EN butterflies Lycaenidae nectar larceny nectar robbing Penstemon 1 5 5 02/03/23 20230201 NES 230201 The relationships between Lepidoptera and plants are complicated.
Subjects: BUTTERFLIES; LYCAENIDAE; NECTAR; PLANT classification; HONEY plants; PLANT ecology; PLANT evolution
Publication: Ecology, 2023, Vol 104, Issue 2, p1
ISSN: 0012-9658
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3892

Secondary nectar robbing by Lycaenidae and Riodinidae: Opportunistic but not infrequent.

Wilson Rankin, Erin E.; Rankin, David T.