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Issue: Vol. 4608 No. 3: 21 May 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-05-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.14
Page range: 595–600
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 2

Lemyra kaikarisi, a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT-08412, Vilnius-21, Lithuania.
Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina str., 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
World Insect Gallery, Taikos str., 1, Linkaičiai, Joniškis reg., Lithuania.
Lepidoptera Erebidae Arctiinae

Abstract

The genus Lemyra Walker, 1856 is widely distributed in Asia. It is subdivided into two subgenera, Lemyra and Thyrgorina Walker, 1864 [1865] and includes more than 100 valid species, many of which were described during last three decades (Thomas 1990; Fang 1993; Inoue 1993; Tshistjakov & Kishida 1994; Kirti & Gill 2008; Černý 2011; 2014; Černy & Pinratana 2009; Dubatolov 2007; Kirti & Singh 2016; Saldaitis et al. 2018).

 

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