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- ↑ "Heteropan scintillans Walker, 1854". Insecta.pro. Insects catalog. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ↑ "Species Details: Heteropan scintillans Walker, 1854". Catalogue of Life. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Heteropan scintillans Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
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