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A new species of the genus Amerila Walker, 1855 from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Amerilini)

  • 1. Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, the Czech Republic; Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, Branisovska 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, The Czech Republic; Museum Witt, Max-Reger-Strasse 18, 92637 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany. * Corresponding author. E-mail: n.ignatev@entu.cas.cz; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-6015
  • 2. African Natural History Research Trust, Street Court, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9QA, United Kingdom. E-mail: gyulalaszlo@anhrt.org.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9862-8290
  • 3. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, Branišovská31, 370 05 České Budějovice, The Czech Republic. E-mail: fric@entu.cas.cz; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3611-8022
  • 4. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland. E-mail: lukasz@isez.pan.krakow.pl; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-9479

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Ignatev, Nikolai, László, Gyula M., Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek, Przybyłowicz, Łukasz (2022): A new species of the genus Amerila Walker, 1855 from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Amerilini). Ecologica Montenegrina 52: 1-11, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.52.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.52.1

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