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Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India

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Bhowmik, Suman (2021): Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India. Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1): 35-60, DOI: 10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04

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