Deudorix democles

Deudorix democles

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Species: Deudorix democles
Subspecies: D. d. crichtoni – D. d. democles

Name edit

Deudorix democles Miskin, 1884.

Type locality: Australia, N. Queensland.

Holotype: ♂ Johnstone River, Basilisk Range, Miskin collection.

Synonymy edit

  • Virachola democles (Miskin); McCubbin, 1971: 106.
  • Deudorix (Virachola) democles Miskin; Tennent & Rawlins, 2010: 25.

References edit

  • McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page
  • Miskin, W.H. 1884. Descriptions of new Australian Rhopalocera. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 32(l): 93–96. Reference page
  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
  • Tennent, W. J., 2000. Notes on Deudorix Hewitson in the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea, with descriptions of nine new taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 27(1): 9–26.
  • Tennent, W.J. & A. Rawlins, 2010: Notes on the subgenus Virachola Moore, in the Moluccan islands, description of a new subspecies of Deudorix (Virachola) democles Miskin, 1884 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae): Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 54: 27–29.