nymotypical

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nymotypical (not comparable)

  1. (lepidopterology) The same as the first described form of a species.
    • 1908, Adalbert Seitz, The Macrolepidoptera of the World, page 108:
      The nymotypical form occurs in the high mountains of Europe: the Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians and Balcan; the varietal forms distributed northward to Finland and eastwards to East Siberia.

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