The first record of the monospecific genus Rhinopalpa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from China

BACKGROUND: The family Nymphalidae is the largest group of butterflies with high species richeness. Rhinopalpapolynice (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 th...

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Autores principales: He, Qiu-Ju, Shi, Wen, Li, Chen-Yang, Yi, Chuan-Hui, Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Hu, Shao-Ji, Zhang, Hui-Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8408099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34539204
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e70975
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The family Nymphalidae is the largest group of butterflies with high species richeness. Rhinopalpapolynice (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. NEW INFORMATION: 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.

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