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... of the group can do this, but very likely K&B can be considered as the first revisors anyway, because they also gave a diagnosis of the lincea species group. I have to check point this with my colleagues working at the text of the Code. Since there are several nomenclatorial cases, I ...

Thanks for the explanation. However, despite this you use the name lincea (checklist China 2014). Do you want to restore the old name with the same code point

Hi Jacek, yes, everybody knew that the original spelling was lincea Fabricius, 1775 nevertheless, that was an incorrect spelling and Fabricius ... it was better to preserve the current spelling; in fact, the correct name Chrysis lincea was no longer in use in the last 200 years, whereas the name ...

Hi Jacek,

your specimen is a female of Chrysis lincea (or better lyncea).
It's a common and widespread African species.
Beatiful pictures!

Ciao

Euchroeus wrote:Hi Eugene!

(the question on the name lincea-lyncea is still open )

I cannot for the life of my remember if it's supposed to be "i" or "y"

Hi Eugene!

Alex is right, and I think that this truly Chrysis lyncea.
(the question on the name lincea-lyncea is still open )

Cheers
Paolo

Yup - it's a Chrysis species even though it looks a lot like Stilbum, they have the same hosts so that's probably why.

Belongs in the lincea-group, cant tell you anything more with confidence though

Hi! To me it looks like a member of the Chrysis lincea species group, also referred as the genus Pyria. In fact it looks like Chrysis gheudei Guérin, ...