Deudorix staudingeri

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Large cornelian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. staudingeri
Binomial name
Deudorix staudingeri
Synonyms
  • Deudorix calderonKheil, 1884

Deudorix staudingeri , the large cornelian, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, where it has been recorded from Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. [2] The name honours Otto Staudinger.

References

  1. Druce, Hamilton H. (1895). "A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895 (3): 556–627, 4 pls.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.