Post by surroundx on May 26, 2021 7:54:30 GMT
"while another was likely collected more than a century ago and has not been seen since.
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Hyalyris lactea granatina Willmott & Lamas, new subspecies
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Given the style of pinning and apparent age of the holotype, it seems possible that it was collected by C. Buckley during his time in the Chigüinda area in the mid-1800s (Hewitson, 1877), although despite some subsequent collecting in the region, no further specimens of H. lactea have yet been found there."
Source: Willmott, Keith R., Lamas, Gerardo, Hall, Jason P. W., Mota, Luísa L. and Kell, Timothy. (2020). The common, the rare, and the lost: Descriptions of twelve new species and three new subspecies of equatorial Ithomiini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 30(Supplement 1): 1-49. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3990663
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Hyalyris lactea granatina Willmott & Lamas, new subspecies
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Given the style of pinning and apparent age of the holotype, it seems possible that it was collected by C. Buckley during his time in the Chigüinda area in the mid-1800s (Hewitson, 1877), although despite some subsequent collecting in the region, no further specimens of H. lactea have yet been found there."
Source: Willmott, Keith R., Lamas, Gerardo, Hall, Jason P. W., Mota, Luísa L. and Kell, Timothy. (2020). The common, the rare, and the lost: Descriptions of twelve new species and three new subspecies of equatorial Ithomiini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 30(Supplement 1): 1-49. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3990663
