Paradeudorix eleala eleala

eleala, ♂, ♀, 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: Paradeudorix
Species: Paradeudorix eleala
Subspecies: Paradeudorix eleala eleala

Name

Paradeudorix eleala eleala (Hewitson, [1865]).

Type locality: Nigeria: “Old Calabar”.

Syntypes: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena eleala Hewitson, [1865]: 51, pl.23 figs 25-27.
• Hypokopelates obscura Bethune-Baker, 1914: 501. ST: ♂: OUMNH Nigeria: “Oni near Lagos; Bassa Province, Northern Nigeria”. images. Synonymised by Larsen, 2005.
• Paradeudorix eleala (Hewitson); Libert, 2004.

References

• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Libert, M., 2004. Révision des Deudorix africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Lambillionea: 1–200. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1964. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae d’Afrique tropicale et equatoriale. Bulletin de la l’Institut Francaise d’Afrique Noire (A) 26: 1226-1287. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.