Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Species: Deudorix doherty
Name
Deudorix doherty Tytler, 1915.
Type locality: "Naga Hills, Kirbari, 5,000-6,000ft".
Holotype: ♂ BMNH?
Synonymy
- Virachola doherty Tytler, 1915: 138.
- Virachola dohertyi [sic] Tytler; D'Abrera, 1986: 624; Bridges, 1994: VIII. 144.
- All authors subsequent to Tytler, 1915: 138 have referred to Virachola doherty as dohertyi (not doherty) and this has led to much confusion with Deudoryx dohertyi of Oberthur, 1894. Bridges suggests, as far back as 1988, that the Tytler taxon is a homonym and should be replaced. I cannot find any record of this being done. D'Abrera appears to have had a chance to rectify this but just left a confusing reproduction of a note from Tite alongside his image of what might be the unique Type male of Virachola doherty. He also shows the underside of a similar, but perhaps undescribed, specimen but this is captioned "Rapala sp.v" not "Virachola sp.v". Tytler also described Cyaniris doherty in the 1915 paper, but called it Cyaniris dohertyi on the key to plate 4. As he did not figure the new Virachola species, he did not show a specific epithet for it other than "doherty"
References
- D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. 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.
- Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl.3, pl.4. Reference page.