Lost and Found: Taxonomic Notes on Some Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from J.F. Zikán found on F. Dissmann’s Collection

Ricardo Russo Siewert, Augusto Henrique Batista Rosa, Gerardo Lamas, André Victor Lucci Freitas

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Abstract

J. F. Zikán described several new taxa of butterflies from the Neotropical region. The majority of the butterfly types of J. F. Zikán was deposited at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IOC). However, some type series were found to be incomplete. The present paper discusses and illustrate some type specimens of Papilionidae and Nymphalidae from J. F. Zikán found in Dissmann’s collection, that now is deposited at Museu de Diversidade Biológica from University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil (ZUEC).

Original languageEnglish
JournalNeotropical Entomology
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (82102581, 82270930), National Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2021M693562), Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan (2019JJ40517, 2022JJ40843), Provincial Outstanding Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Program of Hunan (2021RC2020), Young Investigator Grant of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (2020Q14), FuQing Postdoc Program of Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (176) and Fund of Reform and Practice of Ideological and Political in Xiangya Hospital, Central South University (36, 40).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.

Keywords

  • Butterfly
  • Nymphalidae
  • Papilionidae
  • Taxonomy
  • Type material

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