2-475: Allotinus Aslauga Euliphyra Feniseca Lachnocnema Liphyra Logania Lontalius Megalopalpus Miletus Spalgis Taraka Thestor Tennenta Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae 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
4-463: The Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants , and most known species feed on Hemiptera ( aphids , coccids , membracids , and 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. This Miletinae -related article
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