Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Species: Deudorix batikeli

Name

Deudorix batikeli (Boisduval, 1833).

Type locality: Madagascar: “Foule-Pointe et de Tamatave [Toamasina]”.

Holotype: MNHN.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena batikeli Boisduval, 1833: 172, pl.3 fig.5
  • Lycaena tsiphana Boisduval, 1833: 173. Madagasacar: “Madagascar”.
  • Virachola batikeli (Boisduval); Stempffer, 1967: 109.
  • Virachola batikeli tsiphana (ab.) (Boisduval); Stempffer, 1967: 109. Infrasubspecific.
  • Thecla licinia Mabille, 1878: 83. Madagasacar: “Madagascar”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 109.
  • Deudorix derona Grose-Smith, 1891: 126. Madagasacar: “North-west coast”. Synonymy in Stempffer, 1967: 109.
  • Deudorix (Virachola) batikeli (Hopffer); Williams, 2007: Deudoricina 38.

References

  • Boisduval, J. B., 1833. Mémoire sur les Lépidoptères de Madagascar, Bourbon et Maurice. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris 2: 149–270. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Carcasson, R.H. 1961. New and little-known African lepidoptera. Occasional Papers, Coryndon Memorial Museum, Nairobi 7: 1–23. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1891. Descriptions of ten new species of butterflies from the north-west coast of Madagascar, captured by Mr. J.T. Last, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)7: 122–128. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Mabille, P., 1878. Lepidoptera Africana. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 3: 81–95. BHL. Reference page. 
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