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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 5: 19 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.5.8
Page range: 591-599
Abstract views: 73
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The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones

Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauerallee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Sritana Condominium 2; 96/173; Huay Kaeo Rd. T. Suthep; A.Muang; Chiang Mai; 50200; Thailand
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science; Invalidenstraße 43; Berlin 10115; Germany
Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauerallee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
Lepidoptera Stibogina China Nemeobiini Nemeobiina synonym taxonomy Yunnan Indochina

Abstract

The two riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell were reviewed. Lectotypes have been designated for Sospita sobrina Mell, 1923 and Hipporion chauchowensis Mell, 1923. Abisara freda Bennett, 1957 syn. n. and A. freda daliensis Sugiyama, 1992 syn. n. are synonymized with A. sobrina (Mell, 1923) and Polycaena chauchowensis pallidior Forster, 1951 syn. n. is synonymized with P. chauchowensis (Mell, 1923). The adult and genitalia of the lectotypes and related specimens of the aforementioned taxa are illustrated.

 

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