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Refining a conservation plan for an endangered lycaednid butterfly, Acrodipsas myrmecophila, in Victoria, Australia

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    T.R. New

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New , T., Britton , D. Refining a conservation plan for an endangered lycaednid butterfly, Acrodipsas myrmecophila, in Victoria, Australia. Journal of Insect Conservation 1, 65–72 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018431009427

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