Two new records of Rhopalocera from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.460

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Insecta,, Lepidoptera, Chilades, Choaspes, Jammu, Kashmir, India

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Chilades parhassius (Fabricius, 1793) and Choaspes benjaminii japonica Murray, 1875, are first time reported from Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India.

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2023-06-30

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Sheikh, T., & Hassan, M. A. (2023). Two new records of Rhopalocera from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 51(202), 259–262. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.460

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