Deudorix galathea

Deudorix galathea from original description.

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: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Species: Deudorix galathea

Name

Deudorix galathea (Swainson, 1821).

Type locality: Sierra Leone, "Africa".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH? ex-coll. Haworth.

Synonymy

• Thecla galathea Swainson, 1821: BHL text, pl.69.
• Deudorix galathea (Swainson); Schaus, 1893: 13; Aurivillius, 1925: 373.
• Virachola galthea (Swainson); Stempffer, 1967: 110.
• Deudorix (Virachola) galathea (Swainson); Fox, 1965: 339; Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 47.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Fox R.M., Lindsey A.W., Clench H.K. & Miller L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 19: 1–438. BHL. Reference page. 
• Schaus, W., & Clements, W.G., 1893. On a collection of Sierra Leone butterflies. London, R.H. Porter. 46 pp. + plates. 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. 
• Swainson, W.J. 1820–1823. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from de classes of Ornithology, Entomology and Conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern Zoologists. Vol.1 BHL: I–ix, pl., text 1–66, index. 1820–1821. Vol.2 BHL: pl., text 67–119, index. 1821–1822. Vol.3 BHL: v–x, pl., text 120–182, index. 1822–1823. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy. London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.42279 Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.