Dodona deodata

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Dodona deodata
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Dodona deodata ohtsukai, female upperside
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Dodona deodata ohtsukai, female underside
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Dodona
Species:
D. deodata
Binomial name
Dodona deodata
(Hewitson, 1876) [1]

Dodona deodata or Broad-banded Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the family Riodinidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1876. [2]

Subspecies

References

  1. Hayashi, Hisakazu, 1984: New synonyms, new status, new combinations, new species and new subspecies of butterflies from the Philippines and Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Satyridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae) IWASE. 2: 9–20, 27–28.
  2. "Dodona deodata - Broad-banded Punch - Butterflies of India".