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Markgway
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Paedophilia refers to a sexual interest in pre-pubescent children (roughly 12 and under; though girls can start puberty as young as 10 they don't really start to develop as young women until about 12).

For pubescents (roughly 13-15) adult sexual interest is called Hebephilia. Ephebophilia is sexual interest in adolescents (say 16-17)

There's bound to be some overlap.

By making the man in the 1962 LOLITA sexually interested in a girl of 14 it means he's no longer a paedophile because she's a developing young woman. I think in the book the girl is 12 and so considerably more childlike (and thus he's probably a paedophile).
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I was going to mention Hebephilia. I hadnt heard the last term you mentioned before Mark.