A revision of the Afrotropical taxa of the/gēnus Amerila Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctlldae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-44

  Häuser, Christoph L ^a,b   Boppré, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERILA; LEPIDOPTERA; ARCTIIDAE;

IDENTIFICATION KEY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031406519     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1997.d01-21.x     Document Type: Article

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