Deudorix lorisona

Synonymy of lorisona and bimaculata Hewitson.

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 lorisona
Subspecies: (5) per Williams, 2007.
D. l. abriana – D. l. baronica – D. l. coffea – D. l. lorisona – D. l. sesse

Name

Deudorix lorisona Hewitson, [1863].

Type locality: Sierra Leone.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Myrina lorisona Hewitson, [1863]: 37, pl.16 figs 48,49.
• Myrina bimaculata Hewitson, 1874: 353; [1878]: Suppl.26, Suppl.Pl.3b figs 111,112. Gabon: “Gaboon”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 110.
• Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson); Aurivillius, [1925]: 374, pl.66d.
• Virachola lorisona lorisona (Hewitson); Stempffer, 1967: 110.
• Deudorix (Virachola) lorisona (Hewitson); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 50.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. 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. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.