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Abstract
Females of three species of tropical rain forest ithomiine butterflies orient to swarms of army ants (Eciton burchelli) and feed on bird droppings found there. The antbirds associated with swarm raids of these ants provide a predictable source of droppings, an otherwise sparsely distributed resource.Entities:
Year: 1980 PMID： 17831470 DOI： 10.1126/science.210.4474.1147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728