Pilodeudorix mera

Pilodeudorix mera from Ill. Diurn. Lep.

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: Pilodeudorix
Species: Pilodeudorix mera
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
P. m. kinumbensis – P. m. mera

Name

Pilodeudorix mera Hewitson, 1873.

Type locality: Angola: “West Africa (Angola)”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, (Rogers).

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena mera Hewitson, 1873: 124; [1878]: Suppl. 33, pl.5b, figs 49,50.
• Diopetes mera (Hewitson); Karsch, 1895: 317.
• Hypokopelates mera (Hewitson); Druce, 1891: 364; Stempffer, 1967: 104.
• Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson); Libert, 2004; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 11.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of West-African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 7: 364–367. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of nine new Lycaenidae from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 10: 122–125. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F. 1895. Aethiopische Rhopaloceren II. Entomologische Nachrichten 21: 289–322. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Révision des Deudorix africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea: 1–200. 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.