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The taxonomic identity of Heliconius melpomene f. pyritosa var. fumigata Zikán (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
- Source :
- Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Vol 59, Iss 2, Pp 124-125 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2015.
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Abstract
- The taxonomic identity of the butterfly Heliconius melpomene f. pyritosa var. fumigata Zikán, 1937 (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) is discussed based on the discovery of the specimen based on which this name was assigned. The specimen is not a variation of Eueides tales surdus Stichel, 1903, as previously stated, but is in fact a variation of H. melpomene f. pyritosa, which is a synonym of Heliconius erato amalfreda Riffarth, 1901. Keywords: Eueides, Heliconiini, Heliconius erato
- Subjects :
- biology
media_common.quotation_subject
Heliconiinae
biology.organism_classification
Nymphalidae
Heliconius melpomene
Lepidoptera genitalia
Eueides
Synonym (taxonomy)
Heliconiini
Evolutionary biology
Insect Science
Identity (philosophy)
lcsh:Zoology
Butterfly
Botany
Heliconius erato
lcsh:QL1-991
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00855626
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e9ebac5bd5917d9e768a28bc33403766
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2015.03.007