Pilodeudorix zela

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: Pilodeudorix zela

Pilodeudorix zela from original description.

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

Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869).

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Sherborough Island”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena zela Hewitson, 1869: Suppl. 14, pl.5 figs 41-43.
• Hypolycaena simplex Staudinger, 1891: 153. Sierra Leone”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 106.
• Pilodeudorix zela (Druce); Stempffer, 1967: 106; Libert, 2004; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 20.

References

• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Révision des Deudorix africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea: 1–200. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O., 1891. Neue exotische Lepidopteren. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4: 61-158, pls. 1-4. 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.