Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis (Apr 2017)
Male secondary sexu al characters in Aphnaeinae wings (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Abstract
Male secondary sexual characters have been discovered on the hindwing verso of genera Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819], Cigaritis Donzel, 1847, Lipaphnaeus Aurivillius, 1916 and Pseudaletis Druce, 1888 representing the Palaeotropical subfamily Aphnaeinae Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera). Relevant wing parts are illustrated, described, and some observations on the organs are briefly annotated. With an appendix and 14 figures.
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