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Review
. 2023 Feb;52(1):1-4.
doi: 10.1007/s13744-022-01008-y. Epub 2022 Dec 2.

Lost and Found: Taxonomic Notes on Some Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from J.F. Zikán found on F. Dissmann's Collection

Ricardo Russo Siewert  1 , Augusto Henrique Batista Rosa  2 , Gerardo Lamas  3 , André Victor Lucci Freitas  2
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Lost and Found: Taxonomic Notes on Some Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from J.F. Zikán found on F. Dissmann's Collection

Ricardo Russo Siewert et al. Neotrop Entomol. 2023 Feb.

Abstract

J. F. Zikán described several new taxa of butterflies from the Neotropical region. The majority of the butterfly types of J. F. Zikán was deposited at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IOC). However, some type series were found to be incomplete. The present paper discusses and illustrate some type specimens of Papilionidae and Nymphalidae from J. F. Zikán found in Dissmann's collection, that now is deposited at Museu de Diversidade Biológica from University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (ZUEC).

Keywords: Butterfly; Nymphalidae; Papilionidae; Taxonomy; Type material.

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