Miletinae

Harvesters
	Oriental Miletinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Miletinae; Corbet, 1939
Genera
	Allotinus; Aslauga; Euliphyra; Feniseca; Lachnocnema; Liphyra; Logania; Lontalius; Megalopalpus; Miletus; Spalgis; Taraka; Thestor; Tennenta

Miletinae is a subfamily of the family

psyllids), though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.^[1]

Systematics

Tribe Miletini
- Allotinus C. & R. Felder, [1865] — Indomalayan realm
- Lontalius Eliot, 1986 — Indomalayan realm
- Miletus
  Hübner, [1819] — Indomalayan realm
- Logania Distant, 1884 — Indomalayan realm
- Megalopalpus Röber, [1886] — Afrotropical realm
Tribe Spalgini
- Spalgis Moore, 1879 — Indomalayan realm, Afrotropical realm
- Feniseca tarquinius
  )
- Taraka Doherty, 1889 — East Asian Palearctic realm, Indomalayan realm (sometimes in a separate tribe: Tarakini)
- Tennenta Müller, 2017 — Australasian realm
Tribe Lachnocnemini
- Lachnocnema Trimen, 1887 — Afrotropical realm
- Thestor Hübner, [1819] — Afrotropical realm
Tribe Liphyrini (formerly a separate subfamily: Liphyrinae)
- Euliphyra Holland, 1890 — Afrotropical realm
- Aslauga Kirby, 1890 — Afrotropical realm
- Liphyra Westwood, [1864] — Indomalayan realm, Australasian realm

References

^ Lohman, D.J.; Samarita, V.U. 2009: The biology of carnivorous butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Miletini) and their ant-tended hemipteran prey in Thailand and the Philippines. Journal of natural history, 43: 569-581.

ISBN 0-9593639-4-7

Bernard d'Abrera, (1980) Butterflies of the Afrotropical region based on Synonymic catalogue of the butterflies of the Ethiopian region by R.H. Carcasson. Lansdown Editions in association with E.W. Classey, Melbourne
ISBN 0-7018-1029-7

Kaliszewska, Z.A., Lohman, D.J., Sommer, K., Adelson, G., Rand, D.B., Mathew, J., Talavera, G. & Pierce, N.E. 2015. When caterpillars attack: Biogeography and life history evolution of the Miletinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Evolution 69(3): 571–588.

External links

Biodiversity Explorer
Royal Museum for Central Africa Images of Miletini (as Miletinae) [1]

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[1] Lohman, D.J.; Samarita, V.U. 2009: The biology of carnivorous butterfly larvae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Miletinae: Miletini) and their ant-tended hemipteran prey in Thailand and the Philippines. Journal of natural history, 43: 569-581.

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