Histoire Générale et Iconographie des Lé pidoptères et des Chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale by Boisduval & Le Conte (1829-[1837]): Original drawings used for the engraved plates and the true identities of four figured taxa

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 143-168

  Calhoun, John V ^a,b  

^a FDACS ^*  (United States)

^b DPI   (United States)

Author keywords

mile Blanchard; Georgia; John Abbot; Paul Dum nil; South Carolina; Type locality

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; ICONOGRAPHY;

CLEOME; LEPIDOPTERA; LIBYTHEA; LIBYTHEANA; LIBYTHEANA CARINENTA; MELITAEA; QUERCUSIA; STRYMON; STRYMON MELINUS;

EID: 8744284506     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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