Deudorix dinochares

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 dinochares

Name

Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887.

Type locality: Mozambique: “Delagoa Bay”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, "Delagoa Bay, (Mrs. R. Monteiro)".

Synonymy

• Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887: 64; Monteiro, 1891: 223, plate.
• Deudorix licinia (Mabille); Trimen, 1891: 84.
• Deudorix dieden Karsch, 1900: 369. Madagasacar: “West-Madagaskar”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 43.
• Deudorix dinochares rhodesiensis (var.) Stevenson, 1937: 21. Zimbabwe: “Salisbury, Umtali, Druid Mine, Essexvale”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 43.
• Virachola dinochares dinochares (Grose-Smith); Stempffer, 1967: 109.
• Deudorix (Virachola) dinochares (Hewitson); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 41.

References

• Grose-Smith, H., 1887. Descriptions of nine new species of African butterflies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19: 62–66. BHL. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F., 1900. Vorläufige kurze Kennzeichnung von fünf neuen, durch Herrn Dr. A. Voeltzkow in West-Madagascar entdeckten Lepidopteren. Entomologische Nachrichten 26: 369–372. BHL Reference page. 
• Monteiro R., 1891. Delagoa Bay, Its Natives and Natural History. George Philip & Son, London: 274pp, Ill. BHL, plate. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Stevenson, R.H.R., 1937. Lycaenidae of the northern and north-eastern parts of the South African subregion. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 1 (6): 14-38, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1891. On butterflies collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr A.W. Eriksson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 59–107, pls 8, 9. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.