Pilodeudorix zeloides

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 zeloides

Name

Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901).

Type locality: Malawi: “Kasungu Mountain, Nyika, 5,345 feet”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, "29.ii.1896, (E.E. Austen)".

Synonymy

• Rapala zela (Hewitson); Butler, [1897]: 832. Misidentifcation.
• Virachola zeloides Butler, 1901: 289.
• Deudorix zeloides (Butler); Neave, 1910: 45.
• Pilodeudorix zela zeloides (Butler); Stempffer, 1967: 106.
• Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler); Libert, 2004; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 21.

References

• Butler, A.G. [1897]. On two collections of Lepidoptera made by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-Land. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(4): 817–850, pls 41,42. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1901. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)7: 288–291. BHL. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Révision des Deudorix africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea: 1–200. Reference page. 
• Neave, S.A., 1910. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 2–86 text plates. 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.