Deudorix ecaudata

Taxonavigation

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 ecaudata

Name

Deudorix ecaudata D.R.Gifford, 1963

Type locality: Kenya: “Kikuyu Escarpment”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH?

Synonymy

• Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905: 492. Kenya: “Kikuyu Escarpment”. Invalid; junior primary homonym of Deudorix dohertyi Oberthür, 1894.
• Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata Gifford, 1963: 43; Bridges, 1994: VIII. 151; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 46. Replacement name.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1905. Some notes on the Lycaenidae collected by Doherty on the Kikuyu escarpmant, now in the Tring museum. Novit. zool. 12: 492–496. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Gifford, D.R. 1963. A review of some Nyasaland Deudorix (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist 96: 43–48. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.