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Issue: Vol. 4121 No. 1: 7 Jun. 2016
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2016-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.10
Page range: 95–100
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic notes on the Lygephila vulcanea (Butler, 1881) species-group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)

H-1068, Budapest, Felsőerdősor u. 16–18, Hungary
Lepidoptera Erebidae Toxocampinae

Abstract

Present paper is dedicated to taxonomic clarification of L. vulcanea and L. lupina (=mirabilis Bryk, 1948, syn. rev.) initiated in a previous publication (Pekarsky 2014). The distribution patterns of the two species are discussed, disputing the presence of L. vulcanea in Russia.

 

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