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Issue: Vol. 4179 No. 2: 31 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.10
Page range: 295–300
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Description of a new species of Lethe (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) from western Yunnan, China

Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Wenxing-wan No. 42, Beibei, Chongqing, 400700, P.R. China.
Tengchong Sub-bureau, Baoshan Administration Bureau, Gaoligong National Nature Reserve, Tengchong, Baoshan, Yunnan, 679100, P.R.China
Lepidoptera Satyrini minerva-group Tengchong Mts. Gaoligong

Abstract

A new species, Lethe tengchongensis Lang sp. nov., from Tengchong County, Mts. Gaoligong, western Yunnan Province, SW China is described and illustrated.

 

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