Lethe gregoryi Watkins (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), a distinct species

SONG-YUN LANG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.8

Issue: Vol. 4048 No. 4: 27 Nov. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-27

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.8

Page range: 575–582

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Lethe gregoryi Watkins (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), a distinct species

SONG-YUN LANG⁺⁻

Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Beibei, Chongqing, 400700, P. R. China.

Lepidoptera Satyrini Zophoessa new status new synonym

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Abstract

In this paper, Lethe helle gregoryi Watkins, 1927 is raised to specific status, viz. L. gregoryi stat. nov., and L. moelleri bitaensis Yoshino, 1999 syn. nov. is found to be a junior synonym of gregoryi. Lethe gesangdawai Huang, 2001 is sunk to a subspecies of L. gregoryi, viz. L. gregoryi gesangdawai stat. nov.