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A checkered history: distribution of Pyrgus Hübner species in The Bahamas, including the first Caribbean records of Pyrgus albescens Plötz (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

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Miller, Jacqueline Y., Matthews, Deborah L., Warren, Andrew D. (2018): A checkered history: distribution of Pyrgus Hübner species in The Bahamas, including the first Caribbean records of Pyrgus albescens Plötz (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Insecta Mundi 635: 1-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3708124

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