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Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-11
Page range: 469–482
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Discovery of a third species of Lamproptera Gray, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Ecosecurity, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
Laboratory for Animal Genetic Diversity and Evolution of Higher Education in Yunnan Province, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
86/2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Laboratory Supervisor, Laboratory of Biological Invasion and Ecosecurity, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China.
Leptocircini new species Dongchuan Yunnan China

Abstract

A newly discovered, third species of the genus Lamproptera (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) is described, 183 years after the second currently recognised species was first named. Lamproptera paracurius Hu, Zhang & Cotton sp. n., from N.E. Yunnan, China, is based on marked differences in external morphology and male genital structure. The species is confirmed as a member of the genus, and detailed comparisons are made with other taxa included in the genus. Keys to Lamproptera species based on external characters and male genitalia are included.