Pyrgus communis and Pyrgus albescens (hesperiidae: Pyrginae) are separate transcontinental species with variable but diagnostic valves

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 52-71

  Burns, John M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genitalia; Geographic distribution; Speciation; Systematics; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006053435     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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