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Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Archithosia Birket-Smith generic complex with the description of a new genus, nineteen new species and a new subspecies, and introduction of new combinations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

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  • 1. African Natural History Research Trust, Street Court, Leominster, HR6 9QA, UK. E-mail: anton.volynkin@anhrt.org.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-4925 & Altai State University, Lenina Avenue 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.

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Volynkin, Anton V. (2025): Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Archithosia Birket-Smith generic complex with the description of a new genus, nineteen new species and a new subspecies, and introduction of new combinations (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Ecologica Montenegrina 82: 1-63, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.82.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.82.1

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