Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
Published April 18, 2017 | Version v1
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Male secondary sexual characters in Aphnaeinae wings (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Creators

  • 1. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
  • 2. Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 3. Nanostructures Department, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Sciences, Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
  • 4. Faculty of Forestry, University of West Hungary, Sopron, Hungary

Description

Male secondary sexual characters have been discovered on the hindwing verso of genera Aphnaeus Hübner,
[1819], Cigaritis Donzel, 1847, Lipaphnaeus Aurivillius, 1916 and Pseudaletis Druce, 1888 representing the Palaeotropical
subfamily Aphnaeinae (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera). Relevant wing parts are illustrated, described, and some observations on
the organs are briefly annotated. With an appendix and 14 figures.

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