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309:Taxonomy
296:Dovyalis
266:Rawsonia
242:and the
215:Cymothoe
193:Eupithes
176:Synonyms
161:Cymothoe
136:Family:
106:Phylum:
100:Animalia
86:Domain:
25:Cymothoe
1454:1906171
1260:Zootaxa
381:Species
302:Rinorea
284:Kigelia
259:Biology
232:gliders
185:Pallene
156:Genus:
146:Tribe:
126:Order:
120:Insecta
116:Class:
58:female
1506:917190
1493:442252
1480:162258
1467:149057
1415:7778.0
1392:685821
1320:at EOL
1312:images
764:caenis
660:fumana
506:lurida
442:lucasi
371:clades
347:Cramer
336:. The
290:Vismia
167:Hübner
1441:19305
1428:926HJ
1405:70845
1307:types
373:. As
333:Harma
220:genus
218:is a
66:Ghana
1488:NCBI
1449:GBIF
1400:BOLD
1006:The
762:The
658:The
504:The
440:The
411:The
392:The
326:The
281:and
269:and
1436:EoL
1423:CoL
1330:at
330:is
222:of
1525::
1503::
1490::
1477::
1464::
1451::
1438::
1425::
1402::
1377::
1362::
1240:^
349:.
246:.
169:,
1272:"
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