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Issue: Vol. 4700 No. 4: 26 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.4
Page range: 464–470
Abstract views: 112
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the genus Lethe Hübner, 1819 from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, Guangdong,China.
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, Guangdong,China.
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou510642, Guangdong,China.
Lepidoptera Satyrini Lethina Lethe trimacula-group taxonomy male genitalia

Abstract

A new species of the Lethe trimacula-group, viz. L. langsongyuni sp. nov. is described from Weixi County, representing the third member of this species group in northwestern part of Yunnan Province, southwestern China. In general L. langsongyuni sp. nov. is closely related to L. liae Huang, 2002, L. proxima Leech, 1892 and L. umedai albofasciata Huang, 2002, but it can be distinguished from all of them by combination of several details in wing pattern and male genitalia. The adults and male genitalia of the species aforementioned are illustrated.

 

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