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Reporting of two new species of Genus Ypthima Hubner (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae) from Myanmar


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Two new species of the genus Ypthima Hübner (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) are described and illustrated from Myanmar. The eleven examples of the new species belong to Philomela-group of the genus Ypthima.

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Genitalia, Myanmar, Nymphalidae, Philomela, Ypthima.
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  • Reporting of two new species of Genus Ypthima Hubner (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae) from Myanmar

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Narender Sharma
Zoological Survey of India, Northern Regional Centre, 218 Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun – 248195, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract


Two new species of the genus Ypthima Hübner (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) are described and illustrated from Myanmar. The eleven examples of the new species belong to Philomela-group of the genus Ypthima.

Keywords


Genitalia, Myanmar, Nymphalidae, Philomela, Ypthima.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv119%2Fi2%2F2019%2F122951