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Pythonides lancea

Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina. Pythonides lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.

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Pythonides lancea is a species of butterfly in the skipper family, found in Brazil and in Argentina. Pythonides lancea was first described in 1868 by William Chapman Hewitson and named Leucochitonea lancea, after realizing this species was different from P. jovianus previously described by Pieter Cramer.

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