Deudorix antalus

Deudorix antalus in Hopffer, 1862.

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 antalus

Name

Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855).

Type locality: Mozambique: “Mossambique”..

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Dipsas antalus Hopffer, 1855: 641.
• Sithon antalus Hopffer, 1862: 400, pl.25 figs 7-9. Identical re-description.
• Lycaena anta Trimen, 1862: 402. South Africa: “Kaffraria, King William’s Town and Graham’s Town”. Synonymy in Mabille, 1887: 239.
• Ialmenus antalus (Hopffer); Hewitson, 1863: 55.
• Lycaena gambius Boisduval, 1847: 588. Nomen nudum.
• Deudorix gambius (Boisduval); Mabille, 1887: 239, pl.30a figs 7,7a,8 (as Deudorix anta).
• Deudorix antalus (Hopffer); Trimen, 1891: 84.
• Deudoryx antalus kitobolensis [sic] (var.) Strand, 1912: 145. Infrasubspecific. Madagascar: “Kitobolo”. RMCA, images.
• Virachola antalus antalus (Hopffer); Stempffer, 1967: 109.
• Deudorix (Virachola) antalus (Hopffer); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 34.

References

• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hopffer, C. 1855. Lepidoptera Diurna. Berichte über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855: 639–643. Reference page. 
• Hopffer, C. 1862. Lepidoptera. Schmetterlinge. In: Peters, W.C.H., Reise Nach Mossambique. 349-438. Berlin. BHL text, pls 21-28. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., [1887]. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. In: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, ed. A. Grandidier Vol. 18. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. BHL 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. 
• Strand, E., 1912. Exotisch - Lepidopterologisches. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 78(9): 143-158. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies collected in British Kaffraria by W.S.M. D'Urban Esq., during 1860–1861. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1(4): 398–406. BHL. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1891. On butterflies collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr A.W. Eriksson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 59–107, pls 8, 9. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.