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Issue: Vol. 4269 No. 4: 24 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.11
Page range: 586–592
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 60

Description of a new subspecies of Talicada nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on the genus Talicada Moore, 1881

Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.
South China Indochina butterflies Crassulaceae leaf miner host association Lepidoptera

Abstract

An insular population of Talicada nyseus was discovered from Hainan Island, representing a butterfly species unrecorded in China. Materials of this species from Hainan were compared with the races from other regions, revealing that the wing pattern is distinct from that of other subspecies, and is hereinto described as T. nyseus lami ssp. nov.. Information on immature stage and host association of the new subspecies, and notes on the genus is also provided.

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