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Issue: Vol. 4341 No. 4: 2 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-01
DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4341.4.9
Page range: 570–576
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 5

A new skipper from China: Notocrypta ariannae n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

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Milano, Viale Romagna 76.
Lepidoptera Ancistroidini Sichuan Xilin Mts

Abstract

A new skipper species, Notocrypta ariannae n. sp., is described from C Sichuan, illustrated with its male genitalia and compared with the four other Notocrypta species found in China.

 

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