David C. Lees

David C. Lees, Entomologist, United Kingdom

• Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 5BD, UK
• E-mail: david.lees[at]nhm.ac.uk

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 23 taxon names authored by David C. Lees

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2003

• Lees, D.C., Kremen, C., & Raharitsimba, H. 2003. Lepidoptera: Systematics and diversity. In: Goodman, S.M., & Benstead, J.P. [Eds]. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 1709 pp. Chapter pagination: 748–761. Reference page. 
• Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. & Raharitsimba, H. 2003. Classification, diversity, and endemism of the butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): a revised species checklist. In: Goodman, S.M., & Benstead, J.P. [Eds]. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 1709 pp. Chapter pagination: 762–793. Reference page. 

2007

• Lees, D.C. & Stonis, J.R. 2007. The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae. Zootaxa 1645: 35–45. Abstract & excerpt. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2011

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 

2015

• Aduse-Poku, K., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Lees, D.C., Brakefield, P.M., & Wahlberg, N. 2015. Systematics and historical biogeography of the old world butterfly subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:167. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0449-3 Reference page. 

2016

• Lees, D.C. 2016. Malagasy Heteropsis (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini: Mycalesina): 19 new species and interim revision. Zootaxa 4118(1): 1–97. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4118.1.1. Reference page. 
• Aduse-Poku, K., Lees, D.C., Brattström, O., Kodandaramaiah, U., Collins, S.C., Wahlberg, N., & Brakefield, P.M. 2016. Molecular phylogeny and generic-level taxonomy of the widespread palaeotropical ‘Heteropsis clade’ (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Mycalesina). Systematic Entomology 41(4): 717–731. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12183 Reference page. 

2018

• Kobayashi, S., Johns, C.A., Lopez-Vaamonde, C., Doorenweerd, C., Kawakita, A., Ohshima, I., Lees, D.C., Hanabergh, S. & Kawahara, A.Y. 2018. Hawaiian Philodoria (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) leaf mining moths on Myrsine (Primulaceae): two new species and biological data. ZooKeys 773: 109–141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.773.21690 Reference page. 

2019

• Przybyłowicz, Ł., Lees, D.C., Zenker, M.M. & Wahlberg, N. 2019. Molecular systematics of the arctiine tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). Systematic Entomology 44(3): 624–637. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12343. Reference page. 

2020

• Park, K.T., Lees, D.C. & Kim, S 2020. Three new species of the genus Pacificulla Park, 2013 from Papua New Guinea and Papua (Indonesia), with a description of the female of Hannara buloloensis Park (Lecithoceridae: Crocanthinae). Oriental Insects 54(2): 273–284. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2019.1621784. . Reference page. 

2021

• Minet, J., Basquin, P., Haxaire, J., Lees, D.C. & Rougerie, R. 2021. A new taxonomic status for Darwin's 'predicted' pollinator: Xunthopan praedicta stat. nov. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae Sphinginae). Antenor 8(1): 69-86. Reference page. 

2023

• Landry, B., Bilat, J., Hayden, J., Solis, M.A., Lees, D.C., Alvarez, N., Léger, T. & Gauthier, J. 2023. The identity of Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae), synonyms, and related species revealed by morphology and DNA capture in type specimens. Zookeys 1146ː 1–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.96099 Reference page. 
• Sterling, M.J., Lees, D.C. & Grundy, D. 2023. Xenotorodor stygioxanthus gen. nov., sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae, Torodorinae), described from an established population in Spain with discussion of taxonomic placement. Nota Lepidopterologica 46: 103-123. DOI: 10.3897/nl.46.101457.. Reference page. 
• Wanke, D., Hausmann, A., Lees, D.C., Lee, K.M., Martin, G., Sihvonen, P., Staude, H.S. & Rajaei, H. 2023. The African endemic species “Nychiodes” tyttha Prout, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae) belongs to the genus Aphilopota Warren, 1899. Nota Lepidopterologica 46: 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/nl.46.94940. . Reference page. 1–17

2024

• Sterling, M.J., Cadet, D.T., Beasley, J. & Lees, D.C. 2024. A success for community science: Carmenta brachyclados sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Synanthedonini), a clearwing moth from Guyana discovered with its hostplant indoors in Wales (United Kingdom). Nota lepidopterologica 47: 201–218. DOI: 10.3897/nl.47.130138 . Reference page. 

2025

• Sterling, M.J., Price, B.W. & Lees, D.C. 2025. A revision of the hitherto neglected genus Topiris Walker, 1863 (Lepidoptera, Xyloryctidae) with taxonomic notes on the genus Athrypsiastis Meyrick, 1910. ZooKeys 1229: 297–368. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1229.119155 Reference page.