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- ↑ "Species details: Novobelura dohertyi Warren, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
- ↑ "Novobelura dohertyi Warren, 1897; Plate 6". Pyralids of Borneo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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