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Dircenna klugii (Geyer, 1837) (Typical segregate)
(Klug’s Clearwing)

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S TX (very rare stray), E & W Mexico to Nicaragua

Synonymy

Genus Dircenna E. Doubleday, [1847]

In: Gen. diurn. Lepid. (1)(9): pl. 17, fig. 2; (13): 119-120. Type-species: Dircenna iambe E. Doubleday, 1847, in: Gen. diurn. Lepid. 1(9): pl. 17, fig. 2; (13): 121, no. 1 (= Ceratinia jemina Geyer, 1837, in: Hübner, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 6: pl. [139], figs. 807-808; 6; synonym), by monotypy.

 

598.      Dircenna klugii (Geyer, 1837)

In: Hübner, Zutr. Samml. exot. Schmett. 5: pl. [138], figs. 801 ♂ D, 802 ♂ V [1833]; [5], no. 401 (name given) (1837).

Original Combination: Ceratinia Klugii

Type Locality: “Mexico”

Types: Location of type(s) not known, probably lost.

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