Dodona deodata

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]

Dodona deodata
Dodona deodata ohtsukai, female upperside
Dodona deodata ohtsukai, female underside
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D. deodata
Binomial name
Dodona deodata
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]

Subspecies

  • D. d. deodata southern Yunnan
  • D. d. anu Corbet, 1937 Peninsular Malaya
  • D. d. longicaudata de Nicéville, 1881 Assam to Myanmar
  • D. d. lecerfi Fruhstorfer, [1914] Vietnam
  • D. d. sakaii Hayashi, 1976 Palawan

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. https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/3015/Dodona-deodata
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