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Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
- 1. Oakmeadow, Wessex Avenue, East Wittering, West Sussex PO20 8NP, U.K.
- 2. Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 3. Scientific Associate, Division of Insects, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. & Honorary Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, U.K
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Russell, Peter J. C., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A., Tennent, W. John (2022): Reassessment of the status of some European and Asian Melitaea taxa described as subspecies of Melitaea phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775), with designations of lectotypes where appropriate (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5141 (1): 25-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.2
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