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Issue: Vol. 5399 No. 3: 12 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.8
Page range: 287-295
Abstract views: 271
PDF downloaded: 13

Notes on Halpe paupera Devyatkin, 2002 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

College of Tobacco Science and Engineering; Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
College of Tobacco Science and Engineering; Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
Kadoorie Conservation China; Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden; Lam Kam Road; Tai Po; New Territories; Hong Kong
Technology Center; China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co.; Ltd.; No. 8 Jingkai Third Street; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
College of Tobacco Science and Engineering; Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
Technology Center; China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co.; Ltd.; No. 8 Jingkai Third Street; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
Lepidoptera skipper morphological variation genitalia synonym subspecies COI distribution

Abstract

A series of specimens with some differences in wing patterns and male genitalia from different localities is recognized as Halpe paupera Devyatkin, 2002 by comparing the COI gene sequences. The morphological variability in male is discussed and illustrated. The intraspecific variation of the female of H. paupera walthewi Devyatkin, 2002 from the type locality is elucidated, and hence this subspecies is considered a synonym of H. paupera paupera. A distribution map and some bionomic information of the species are provided.

 

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