Melphina

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Melphina
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Melphina statirides , figure 6
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Melphina

Evans, 1937 [1]

Melphina is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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References

  1. Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms