The description of this issue is divided in four sections. This is part 4 of 4.

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Information and photos from the website: www .leps.it

"Moth and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa" by Paolo Mazzei, Raniero Panfili, Ilaria Pimpinelli, Diego Reggianti

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The Libyan issue was released on October 1st, 1981. It is made of 16 stamps printed in minisheet, size mm.213x145 (4 stamps of 5 dirhams, 4 stamps of 10 dirhams, 4 stamps of 15 dirhams, 4 stamps of 25 dirhams). The same stamps are also printed in four single de-luxe souvenir-sheets (5dh x 4, 10dh x 4, 15dh x 4, 25dh x 4).

   minisheet of 16 (detail of 4 stamps of 25 dirhams each)

Spialia sertorius - (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)

Common name: Red Underwing Skipper   -   Family: Hesperiidae Pyrginae

Pieris brassicae - (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: Large White   -   Family: Pieridae Pierinae Pierini

       eggs

Polyommatus (Meleageria) (Lysandra) albicans - (Herrich-Schaffer, [1851])

Common name: Spanish Chalk-hill Blue   -   Family: Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Polyommatini

Celastrina argiolus - (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: Holly Blue   -   Family: Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Polyommatini

See other related Guides: part 1, 2 and 3.

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