-
Deudorix antalus (Hopffer, 1855)
Africa, SW.Arabia, Madagascar. See [maps]
Brown Playboy
Larva on
Schotia speciosa,
Acacia stenocarpa,
Syzygium sp.,
Prunus persica ispahanensis,
Cassia sp.,
Phaseolus lunatus,
Ximenia poppae,
Sutherlandia sp.,
Crotalaria sp.,
Dolichos sp.,
Nymania capensis [PBSA],
Combretum ,
Quisqualis ,
Acacia ,
Albizia ,
Baphia ,
Bauhinia ,
Burkea ,
Caesalpinia ,
Cajanus ,
Canavalia ,
Phaseolus ,
Pisum ,
Schotia ,
Vigna ,
Macadamia ,
Prunus ,
Olea ,
Ximenia ,
Paphia ,
Cardiospermum ,
Capsicum [BK]
-
-
D. a. kitobolensis Strand, 1912
-
Deudorix badhami Carcasson, 1961
SE.Zaire, NW.Zambia. See [maps]
-
Deudorix batikeli (Boisduval, 1833)
Madagascar. See [maps]
-
Deudorix batikelides Holland, 1920
Congo. See [maps]
-
Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903
Nigeria, Congo Republic, Zambia, Uganda. See [maps]
-
Deudorix chalybeata Joicey & Talbot, 1926 São Tomé I.
-
Deudorix dariaves Hewitson, 1877
Natal - Moçambique - Kenya (coastal). See [maps]
Black-and-Orange Playboy
Larva on
Brachystegia spp.,
(within seedpods) [PBSA] Coffea [BK]
-
Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887
Natal, Transvaal, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Madagascar, E.Africa, SW.Arabia. See [maps]
Apricot Playboy
Larva on
Combretum sp.,
Acacia stenocarpa,
Dolichos ,
Lablab sp.,
Schotea sp.,
Syzygium cordatum,
Burkea africana,
Macadamia sp.,
Coffea sp.,
Gardenia neuberia [PBSA],
Quisqualis ,
Acacia ,
Schotia ,
Burkea ,
Dolichos ,
Lablab ,
Tamarindus ,
Vigna ,
Syzygium ,
Psidium ,
Prunus ,
Ximenia ,
Gardenia [BK]
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Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887
Zululand, Moçambique, Rhodesia, Africa. See [maps]
Orange Playboy
Larva on
Deinbollia [BK]
-
D. d. dinomenes
- Deudorix (Virachola) dinomenes dinomenes; [AfrL]
-
D. d. diomedes Jackson, 1966
-
Deudorix diocles Hewitson, 1869
Transkei, Zululand, Moçambique, Rhodesia - Zaïre, Uganda, Kenya. See [maps]
Orange-barred Playboy
Larva on
Bauhinia galpinii,
Millettia caffra,
M. sutherlandii,
Caesalpinia pulcherrima [PBSA],
Acacia ,
Baphia ,
Bauhinia ,
Caesalpinia ,
Millettia ,
Schotia ,
Macadamia ,
Prunus ,
Combretum ,
Syzygium [BK]
-
Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963
Malawi, N.Tanzania, E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley). See [maps]
Untailed Playboy
- Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963; (repl. Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905)
- Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905; Novit. Zool. 12: 492 (preocc.)
-
Deudorix edwardsi Gabriel, 1939
Ruwenzori Mts. (W.Uganda, NE.Zaire). See [maps]
-
Deudorix galathea (Swainson, 1821)
Sierra Leone - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroun. See [maps]
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Deudorix jacksoni Talbot, 1935
SW.Uganda, W.Kenya, Tanzania (Usambara), NW.Zambia. See [maps]
Jackson's Playboy
Larva on
Loranthus ,
Albizia gummifera [BK]
-
Deudorix kayonza Stempffer, 1956
Uganda, Congo Republic, Cameroun?. See [maps]
-
Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Mauritania - N.Kenya (savannah), Egypt, Lebanon, S.Arabia. See [maps]
Pomegranate Playboy
- Virachola livia; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 110; [BMAT]: 24, pl. 9, f. 1-3; [BAFR], 517; [NHM card]
- Deudorix livia; [BK], 208, pl. 21, f. 261
- Deudorix (Virachola) livia; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 342; [AfrL]
Larva on
Acacia ,
Phoenix ,
Punica granatum,
Eriobotrya japonica [BK],
(in Egypt) Acacia farnesiana [BMAT]
-
D. l. livia
- Deudorix (Virachola) livia livia; [AfrL]
-
D. l. pallescens (Rothschild, 1921)
- Virachola livia pallescens; [NHM card]
-
D. l. barnetti Libert, 2005
- Deudorix (Virachola) livia barnetti; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix lorisona (Hewitson, 1863)
Rhodesia, W.Africa - Kenya, Malawi. See [maps]
Coffee Playboy
Larva on
Coffea ,
(boring into berries) [PBSA]
-
D. l. lorisona West Africa - Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya (W of Rift Valley)
- Myrina bimaculata; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 26, pl. 3b, f. 111-112
- Virachola lorisona lorisona; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 110; [BAFR], 518
- Deudorix lorisona lorisona; [BK], 209 (note)
- Deudorix (Virachola) lorisona lorisona; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 340; [AfrL]
-
D. l. obliterata Hawker-Smith, 1928 Principe I.
-
D. l. baronica Ungemach, 1932 SW.Ethiopia
-
D. l. albifrons (Stempffer, 1948) Kenya
-
D. l. sesse Stempffer & Jackson, 1962 Lake Victoria (Sesse I.)
-
D. l. coffea Jackson, 1966 E.Rhodesia, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, E.Kenya (E of Rift Valley)
-
D. l. abriana Libert, 2004
- Deudorix (Virachola) lorisona abriana; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix magda Gifford, 1963
Malawi. See [maps]
-
Deudorix montana (Kielland, 1985)
- Deudorix (Virachola) montana; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix mpanda (Kielland, 1990)
- Deudorix (Virachola) mpanda; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix nicephora Hulstaert, 1924
Angola, S.Zaire (Shaba), Zambia, Rhodesia. See [maps]
-
Deudorix odana Druce, 1887
Sierra Leone - Nigeria, Zaire, Uganda, W.Kenya, Tanzania. See [maps]
Larva on
Caesalpinia ,
Canavalia [BK]
-
Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949
Zululand, SW.Tanzania. See [maps]
Larva on
Acacia caffra v. tormentosa [PBSA]
-
Deudorix renidens (Mabille, 1884)
Madagascar. See [maps]
-
Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948
Kenya, E.Uganda. See [maps]
Suk Playboy
Larva on
Acacia ,
(association with Pheidole, ants) [BK]
-
Deudorix ufipa (Kielland, 1978)
Tanzania. See [maps]
- Virachola ufipa Kielland, 1978; Tijdschr. Ent. 121 (4): 203, f. 34, pl. 12, f. 50-51, pl. 13, f. 52-53; TL: Tamzania, Ufipa, Chala
- Virachola ufipa; [NHM card]
- Deudorix (Virachola) ufipa; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
Tanzania (Usambara), SE.Kenya (Teita Hills). See [maps]
Van Someren's Playboy
Larva on
Acacia [BK]
-
Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948
Natal, Rhodesia, Malawi. See [maps]
Larva on
Acacia caffra v. tormentosa [PBSA]
-
Deudorix wardii (Mabille, 1878)
Madagascar. See [maps]
- Thecla rutila; Mabille, [1885], Hist. Madag. 18 (Lép. 1): 242; [NHM card]
- Thecla rutilans[sic, recte rutila]; Mabille, [1885], Hist. Madag. 18 (Lép. 1): pl. 30A, f. 6, 6a
- Virachola rutilans[sic, recte rutila]; [NHM card]
- Deudorix diopolis; [NHM card]; [BK], 209 (note)
- Virachola wardii; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 110; [BAFR], 517
- Deudorix (Virachola) wardii; [MadL]; [AfrL]
-
Deudorix hainana Chou & Gu, 1994
Hainan. See [maps]
- Deudorix hainana Chou & Gu, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 770, 652; TL: Hainan
-
Deudorix isocrates (Fabricius, 1793)
Ceylon, Indian - N. Shan States. See [maps]
Common Guava Blue
- Deudorix isocrates; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 24
- Virachola isocrates; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 104; [BIR], 357; [BOW]: pl. 182, f. 7, 8; [BOR], 623; [NHM card]; Monastyrskii, 2005, Atalanta 36: 158
Larva on
Randia dumetorum,
Eriobotria japonica,
Psidium guava,
Tamarindus indica,
Strychnos nux-vomica,
Gardenia latifolia [BIR]
-
Deudorix mulleri Tennent, 2000
New Ireland. See [maps]
- Deudorix mulleri Tennent, 2000; Australian Entomologist 27: (9-27); TL: New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, 1260m
-
Deudorix subguttata (Elwes, [1893])
-. See [maps]
-
D. s. subguttata Burma
- Virachola subguttata subguttata
- Virachola subguttata subguttata; [BOR], 623
-
D. s. malaya (Pendlebury & Corbet, 1933) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, ?Sumatra
- Virachola malaya; [NHM card]
- Virachola subguttata malaya; [BMP]: 324, pl. 50, f. 12-13; [BOR], 623 (note)
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Deudorix kessuma (Horsfield, [1829])
-. See [maps]
-
D. k. kessuma Java
- Virachola kessuma kessuma
- Virachola kessuma kessuma; [BOR], 624 (note)
-
D. k. deliochus Hewitson, 1874 Burma - Singapore, ?Indo China
- Deudorix deliochus; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 31, pl. 5a, f. 68-69
- Rapala deliochus; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 621
- Rapala kessuma deliochus; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 257
- Virachola kessuma deliochus; [BMP]: 325, pl. 49, f. 36-37; [BOR], 624; [NHM card]
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D. k. clearchus (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Sumbawa, Lombok
- Virachola kessuma clearchus; [BOR], 624 (note); [NHM card]
-
D. k. throana (Fruhstorfer, 1914) Borneo, ?Sumatra
- Virachola kessuma throana; [BOR], 624 (note); [NHM card]
-
D. k. tucca (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Nias
- Virachola kessuma tucca; [NHM card]
-
Deudorix dohertyi (Tytler, 1915)
Assam, Burma. See [maps]
- Virachola dohertyi; [BOR], 624; [NHM card]
-
Deudorix perse Hewitson, 1863
Ceylon, S.India, Kangra - Assam, Burma. See [maps]
Large Guava Blue
Larva on
Randia dumetorum [BIR]
-
D. p. perse India - Thailand
- Virachola perse perse; [BOR], 623 (note)
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D. p. ghela Fruhstorfer, 1912 Ceylon, S.India
- Virachola perse ghela; [BOR], 623; [NHM card]
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D. p. maseas Fruhstorfer, 1912 Andamans
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Deudorix epijarbas (Moore, 1857)
Ceylon, India, Burma, Australia. See [maps]
Cornelian
- Deudorix epijarbas; Hewitson, 1863, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 20, pl. 7, f. 16-18; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 234; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 103, pl. 39, f. 4, 4a; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 620; Fruhstorfer, 1912, Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4): 265; Holloway & Peters, 1976, J. Nat. Hist. 10: 308; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 175, f. 47; [MRS], 651; [BOR], 630; [NHM card]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 137; Tshikolovets, 2017, Zootaxa 4358 (1): 113
Larva on
Sapindus trifoliatus,
Euphoria longan,
Litchi chinensis,
Aesculus indicus,
(in seed capsules) Connarus spp. [MRS],
(New Guinea) Harpullia pendula,
Pometia pinnata [BAUR],
Caryota rumphiana,
Sarcopteryx martyana K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140),
Connarus ,
Elaeocarpus ,
Drypetes ,
Euphorbia ,
Phyllanthes ,
Bauhinia ,
Cynometra ,
Aesculus ,
Pinus ,
Panicum ,
Punica ,
Dimocarpus ,
Euphoria ,
Lepisanthes ,
Litchi ,
Nephelium ,
Sapindus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 137
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D. e. ancus Fruhstorfer, 1912 N.India
- Deudorix epijarbas ancus; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. amatius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Assam - N.Thailand, Indo China
- Deudorix epijarbas amatius; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
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D. e. cinnabarus Fruhstorfer, 1912 S.Thailand - Sundaland
- Deudorix epijarbas cinnabarus; [BMP]: 323, pl. 49, f. 44-45; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. terenzius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Nias
- Deudorix epijarbas terenzius; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. enganicus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Enggano
- Deudorix epijarbas enganicus; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. mesarchus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Lessar Sunda Is.
- Deudorix epijarbas mesarchus; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. coriolanus Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan, Philippines
- Deudorix epijarbas coriolanus; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]
-
D. e. megakles Fruhstorfer, 1912 Sulawesi, Talaud, Kalao, Banggai
- Deudorix epijarbas megakeles[sic, recte megakles]; [NHM card]
- Deudorix epijarbas megakles; [BOR], 630 (name); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 137
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D. e. menesicles Fruhstorfer, 1912 Taiwan
- Deudorix epijarbas menesicles; [BOR], 630 (name); [NHM card]; [MRS], 651
-
D. e. turbo Fruhstorfer, 1912 Moluccas, Waigeu, Misool, Kai, West Irian - Papua, Manam, Tagula
-
D. e. littoralis Joicey & Talbot, 1916 West Irian, New Guinea
- Deudorix littoralis; [NHM card]
- Deudorix epijarbas littoralis; [BAUR], 302 (text)
-
D. e. biaka Joicey & Talbot, 1916 Biak
- Deudorix biaka; [NHM card]
- Deudorix epijarbas biaka; [BAUR], 302 (text)
-
D. e. diovella Waterhouse, 1920 Fiji
-
D. e. doris Hopkins, 1927 Samoa
- Deudorix epijarbas doris; [NHM card]
-
D. e. armstrongi Hopkins, 1927 Samoa
- Deudorix epijarbas armstrongi; [NHM card]
-
D. e. dido Waterhouse, 1934 Kuranda, Cairns
-
Deudorix maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1916 Biak
- Deudorix ceramensis maudei; [NHM card]
- Deudorix maudei; [BAUR], 302
-
Deudorix niepelti Joicey & Talbot, 1922
New Ireland. See [maps]
- Deudorix ceramensis niepelti; [NHM card]
- Deudorix niepelti; [BAUR], 302
-
Deudorix diovis Hewitson, 1863
Australia (Mackay - Manning River). See [maps]
Larva on
Buckinghamia celsissima,
Macadamia sp.,
Eriobotrya japonica,
Cupaniopsis anacardioides,
Harpullia pendula K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
-
Deudorix woodfordi Druce, 1891
Bougainville, Guadlacanal, New Britain, Monam I.?, Karkar I.?, St. Matthias I.. See [maps]
-
Deudorix ceramensis Ribbe, 1901 Ambon, Serang
-
Deudorix staudingeri Druce, 1895
Sumatra, Borneo, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore. See [maps]
-
?D. s. calderon Kheil, 1884 Nias
-
Deudorix elioti Corbet, 1940
Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Thailand. See [maps]
- Deudorix elioti; [BMP]: 323, pl. 50, f. 4-6; [BOR], 630; [NHM card]
-
Deudorix sumatrensis Fruhstorfer, 1912
-. See [maps]
- Deudorix staudingeri sumatrensis; [NHM card]
- Deudorix sumatrensis; [BMP]: 324, pl. 50, f. 1-3
-
D. s. sumatrensis Sumatra
- Deudorix sumatrensis sumatrensis; [BOR], 630 (note)
-
D. s. stubbsi Eliot, 1962 Peninsular Malaya
- Deudorix sumatrensis stubbsi Eliot, 1962; Entomologist 95 (1192): 223; TL: Malaysia, Pahang, Fraser's Hill
- Deudorix epijarbas cinnabarus f. stubbsi Eliot, 1960; Entomologist 93 (1171): 243; TL: Malaysia, Pahang, Fraser's Hill
- Deudorix epijarbas stubbsi; [NHM card]
- Deudorix sumatrensis stubbsi; [BOR], 630 (note)
-
Deudorix diara Swinhoe, 1896
Java, Assam, Burma, N.Borneo. See [maps]
-
Deudorix gaetulia de Nicéville, [1893]
Assam - S.Burma. See [maps]
Assam Cornelian
-
Deudorix hypargyria (Elwes, [1893])
-. See [maps]
Scarce Cornelian
-
D. h. hypargyria Burma - Sundaland
- Deudorix hypargyria hypargyria; [BMP]: 324, pl. 50, f. 7-9; [BOR], 631
-
D. h. annawarneckae Schröder & Treadaway, 2013 Philippines (Palawan)
-
Deudorix philippinensis Schröder, Treadaway & Hayashi, 1981
Philippines (Masbate, Marinduque, Mindanao). See [maps]
- Deudorix hypargyria philippinensis; [BOR], 631 (note)
-
Deudorix epirus (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
Moluccas, New Guinea, Australia. See [maps]
Blue Cornelian
Larva on
Harpullia ramiflora K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
-
D. e. epirus Ambon, Serang, West Irian - Papa, Aru, Kai
- Deudorix epirus epirus; [BAUR], 303 (text)
-
D. e. despoena Hewitson, 1863 Waigeu, West Irian, Mioswar I.
-
D. e. eos Hewitson, 1863 Bachan
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D. e. almar Fruhstorfer, 1908 New Guinea
-
D. e. agimar Fruhstorfer, 1908 Torres Strait Is., Cape York
Blue Cornelian
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D. e. kallias Fruhstorfer, 1908 Fergusson I.
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Deudorix detanii Okubo, 2007 Moluccas (Morotai I.)
-
Deudorix democles Miskin, 1884
Australia (Cape York - Innisfail). See [maps]
- Deudorix democles; [NHM card]
- Virachola democles; [BAUR], 304 (text)
Larva on
Strychnos lucida,
S. minor K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
-
Deudorix smilis Hewitson, 1863
-. See [maps]
Larva on
Strychnos lucida K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)
-
D. s. smilis Assam, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, ?Thailand, Andamans, ?Sumatra
-
D. s. silo Fruhstorfer, 1912 Borneo
- Virachola perse silo; [NHM card]
- Virachola smilis silo; [BOR], 623 (note)
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D. s. vocetius Fruhstorfer, 1912 Palawan, Philippines
- Virachola perse vocetius; [NHM card]
- Virachola smilis vocetius; [BOR], 623 (note)
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D. s. nicevillei (Tytler, 1926) Andaman I.
- Virachola similis[sic] nicevillei; [NHM card]
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D. s. sylvia (D'Abrera, 1971) Obi, Bachan
- Virachola similis[sic] sylvia; [NHM card]
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D. s. dalyensis (Le Souff & Tindale, 1970) Australia (Daly River Crossing)
- Virachola smilis dalyensis; [BAUR], 304 (text)
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Deudorix affinis (Rothschild, 1915)
New Guinea, Papua, Karkar I.. See [maps]
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Deudorix rapaloides (Naritomi, 1941) Taiwan
- Deudorix rapaloides; Shirôzu, 1960, Butterflies of Formosa in Colour: pl. 65, f. 679-682; [MRS], 651; [BOR], 631 (note)
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Deudorix sankakuhonis Matsumura, 1938² Taiwan
- Deudorix sankakuhonis; Shirôzu, 1960, Butterflies of Formosa in Colour: pl. 66, f. 701-702; [BOR], 631 (note)
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Deudorix strephanus Druce, 1896
Borneo. See [maps]
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Deudorix apayao Schröder & Treadaway, 1983 Palawan
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Deudorix loxias Hewitson, 1863
Sulawesi. See [maps]
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Deudorix novellus Yagishita, 2006
- Deudorix novellus Yagishita, 2006; Futao (52): (?)
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Deudorix masamichii (Okubo, 1983)
- Virachola masamichii Okubo, 1983
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Deudorix cleora Miller & Miller, 1986²
N.Sulawesi. See [maps]
Millers' Playboy
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