The first record of the monospecific genus Rhinopalpa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from China
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Published:2021-08-24
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Volume:9
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ISSN:1314-2828
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Container-title:Biodiversity Data Journal
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language:
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Short-container-title:BDJ
Author:
He Qiu-Ju,Shi Wen,Li Chen-Yang,Yi Chuan-Hui,Jiang Zhuo-Heng,Hu Shao-Ji,Zhang Hui-Hong
Abstract
The family Nymphalidae is the largest group of butterflies with high species richeness. Rhinopalpa polynice (Cramer, [1779]), a forest species, was discovered in the mid-stream of the Yuanjiang-Red River Valley of Yunnan Province for the first time, which represents the first record of the genus Rhinopalpa in China.
The species R. polynice (Cramer, [1779]) is the first record of the genus Rhinopalpa from China. The specimen was collected in the mid-stream of the Yuanjiang-Red River Valley of Yunnan Province. The female genitalia are described for the first time.
Publisher
Pensoft Publishers
Subject
Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics