Description of one new species and one new subspecies of Nymphalidae from Angola (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.992Keywords:
Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Euphaedra, Acraea, new taxa, AngolaAbstract
The present paper deals with the description of a new species of Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) (Limenitidinae) of the “preussi-group” from northern Angola, and of a new subspecies of Acraea (Acraea) violarum Boisduval, 1847 (Heliconiinae) of the “violarum-group”, from the western and central area of the country; they are compared with the most similar known taxa.
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