Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Subspecies: Deudorix diocles

Deudorix diocles, both sexes from first descriptions.
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

Name edit

Deudorix diocles Hewitson, [1869].

Type locality: South Africa: “Natal”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH?

Synonymy edit

  • Deudorix diocles Hewitson, [1869]: Supp.12, pl.Supp.5 figs 55,56; Trimen, 1887: 108, pl.7 fig.6.
  • Deudorix vosseleri Strand, 1911: 195. Tanzania: “Amani”. Synonymy in Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 46.
  • Virachola diocles diocles (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 110.
  • Deudorix (Virachola) diocles (Grose-Smith); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 44.

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