Deudorix dinomenes

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 dinomenes
Subspecies: (2) per Williams, 2007.
D. d. dinomenes – D. d. diomedes

Name

Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887.

Type locality: Mozambique: “Delagoa Bay”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, "Delagoa Bay, (Mrs. R. Monteiro)".

Synonymy

• Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887: 65; Trimen, 1889: 392.
• Virachola dinomenes (Grose-Smith); Stempffer, 1967: 109.
• Deudorix (Virachola) dinomenes dinomenes (Grose-Smith); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 41.

References

• Grose-Smith, H., 1887. Descriptions of nine new species of African butterflies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19: 62–66. 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. 
• Trimen, R., 1889. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 3: Papilionidae and Hesperidae. vi+438pp, pls 10-12. London. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.