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Heteropsis strigula

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Heteropsis strigula sub-group

This sub-group of the Ht. strigula group includes all the members of the clade comprising both Ht. strigula (Mabille, 1877) and Ht. maeva but not Ht. ankova in Aduse-Poku et al., (2015). Its species exhibit loss of expression of HWD space-M3 ocellus together with various degrees of broadening of the valve tip into a club like, truncate or cleft structure bearing numerous spinoid setae (Lees, 1997: 107).

Notes

Published as part of C, Lees David, 2016, Heteropsis (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini: Mycalesina): 19 new species from Madagascar and interim revision, pp. 1-97 in Zootaxa 4118 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4118.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264597

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Heteropsis
Species
strigula
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Lees, D. C. (1997) Systematics and biogeography of Madagascan mycalesine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae). Unpubl. PhD thesis, University of London, London, 411 pp.