Genus Deudorix Hewitson, 1863

Museums

Regional Maps

• Deudorix Hewitson, W.C. 1863. Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, 1863–1878. London : Van Voorst Vol. 1(1) 36 pp. [16, vol II (text)].

  Type species:

   Dipsas epijarbas Moore, 1858 by original designation.
• Virachola Moore, F. 1881. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1(2–4) pp. 41-190 pls 19-71. [issued 1881, dated 1880-1881] [vol 1, (3) p. 104].

  Type species:

   Deudorix perse Hewitson, 1863 by original designation.
• Hypokopelates Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of west African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(7): 364-367 [364].

  Type species:

   Hypolycaena mera Hewitson, 1873 by original designation.
• Hypomyrina Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of west African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(7): 364-367 [364].

  Type species:

   Myrina nomenia Hewitson, 1874 by original designation.
• Kopelates Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of west African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(7): 364-367 [364].

  Type species:

   Kopelates virgata Druce, 1891 by original designation.
• Pilodeudorix Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of west African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(7): 364-367 [366].

  Type species:

   Pilodeudorix barbatus Druce, 1891 by original designation.
• Actis Karsch, F.A.F. 1895. Aethiopische Rhopaloceren, I, II. Entomologische Nachrichten. Dresden 21: 289-322 [315].

  Type species:

   Actis mimeta Karsch, 1895 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1960. Annotationes Lepidopterologicae. London : Hepburn & Sons Pts 1–2 pp. 1-72. [8].
• Diopetes Karsch, F.A.F. 1895. Aethiopische Rhopaloceren, I, II. Entomologische Nachrichten. Dresden 21: 289-322 [317].

  Type species:

   Deudorix deritas Hewitson, 1874 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [606]
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [251]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Kei Islands
  • Maluku
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu
• Western Samoa

Oriental Region

General References

Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [606]

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [516]

Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 28(6): 371-505 [439]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [403]

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [131]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	19-Jul-2017	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)