Miletinae

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Harvesters
Oriental Miletinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Miletinae
Genera
Allotinus Aslauga Fabitaras Feniseca Lachnocnema Liphyra Megalopalpus Miletus Spalgis Taraka Thestor

Miletinae is a subfamily of the Lycaenidae family of butterflies, commonly called Harvesters and Woolly Legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous (do not feed on plants. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood but adults and larvae live in association with ants and feed on Homoptera (aphids, coccids, membracids and psyllids). The butterflies, ants and Homoptera seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all. ^[1]

Systematics

• • • Tribe Miletini

• • Subtribe Miletina
• Miletus Hübner, [1819] Indomalaya ecozone
• Megalopalpus Röber, [1886] Afrotropic ecozone
• Allotinus C. & R. Felder, [1865] Indomalaya ecozone
• Logania Distant, 1884 Indomalaya ecozone
• Lontalius Eliot, 1986 Indomalaya ecozone

• • Subtribe Spalgina
• Spalgis Moore, 1879 Indomalaya ecozone and Afrotropic ecozone
• Feniseca Grote, 1869 Nearctic ecozone (One species, Feniseca tarquinius)

• • Subtribe Lachnocnemina
• Lachnocnema Trimen, 1887 Afrotropic ecozone
• Thestor Hübner, [1819] Afrotropic ecozone

• • • Tribe Liphyrini
• Euliphyra Holland, 1890 Afrotropic ecozone
• Aslauga Kirby, 1890 Afrotropic ecozone
• Liphyra Westwood, [1864] Indomalaya ecozone Australasian ecozone

• • • Tribe Tarakini Eliot, 1973
• Taraka Doherty, 1889 East Asian Palearctic ecozone Indomalaya ecozone

References

• Bernard d'Abrera (1986) Butterflies of the Oriental Region. Part 3: Lycaenidae and Riodinidae Hill House Publishers 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

External links

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Data related to Miletinae at Wikispecies

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

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