Carnivorous Caterpillars of Australia
of Australia

Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 23 March 2010)
Many Lycaenid caterpillars live in Ant nests,
and are thought to eat ant larvae,
but the evidence for many of these suggestions is rather circumstantial.
The species involved are:
Liphyra brassolis
Hypochrysops halyaetus
Hypochrysops ignita
Acrodipsas illidgei
Acrodipsas myrmecophila
Paralucia pyrodiscus
Ogyris subterrestris
Arhopala wildei
Ogyris idmo
Paralucia aurifer
Ogyris genoveva
Lucia limbaria
Arhopala micale
Ogyris otanes
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