Virachola edwardsi 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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 edwardsi

Name

Deudorix edwardsi Gabriel, 1939.

Type locality: Uganda: “Namwamba Valley, 6500ft”.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH No. Rh.469; Allotype ♀ Rh.470, (Jackson).

Synonymy

  • Virachola edwardsi Gabriel, 1939: 74, pl.6 figs 8,9; Stempffer, 1967: 110.
  • Deudorix (Virachola) edwardsi (Gabriel); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 47. Replacement name.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1905. Some notes on the Lycaenidae collected by Doherty on the Kikuyu escarpmant, now in the Tring museum. Novit. zool. 12: 492–496. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Gifford, D., 1963. A review of some Nyasaland Deudorix (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist 96: 43–48. Reference page. 
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