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Investigations into the Melitaea ornata species complex in the Levant: M. telona and the newly erected species Melitaea klili Benyamini, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

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  • 3. Department of Karyosystematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Russell, Peter J. C., Pateman, James E., Gagarina, Anastasia V., Lukhtanov, Vladimir A. (2023): Investigations into the Melitaea ornata species complex in the Levant: M. telona and the newly erected species Melitaea klili Benyamini, 2021 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5285 (1): 187-195, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5285.1.9

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