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Issue: Vol. 5537 No. 1: 7 Nov. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5537.1.9
Page range: 147-150
Abstract views: 210
PDF downloaded: 2

Two lycaenid butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) recorded as new for the fauna of Iraq

Department of Biology; College of Science; University of Sulaimani; Sulaymaniyah; Iraq
Department of Entomology; Faculty of Biology; Lomonosov Moscow State University; Leninskie gory 1–12; Moscow; 119192; Russia; Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution; Russian Academy of Sciences; Leninsky pr. 33; Moscow; 119071; Russia
Department of Biology; College of Science; University of Sulaimani; Sulaymaniyah; Iraq
Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Iraq Callophrys paulae kolak Turanana cytis kurdistana Halgurd Mountain butterfly fauna diversity field studies Higgins Eckweiler

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