Dodona (genus)
| Dodona | |
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| Dodona durga | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Dodona |
| Species | |
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Dodona adonira | |
The Punches (Dodona) are a genus of butterflies found in Asia.
Description
- See glossary for terms used
Fore wing broad, short, triangular; costa very slightly-arched ; apex subacute; termen slightly convex; tornus angulate; dorsum straight; cell comparatively broad, about half length of wing; veins 6 and 7 from upper apex of cell, therefore upper discocellular obsolete, middle and lower subequal, concave; vein 3 from a little before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex, 8 and 9 out of 7, 10 from upper apex of cell, 11 free, 12 very short, terminating opposite origin of 11. Hind wing: costa arched; apex broadly rounded; termen below apex straight to vein 4, then slightly bent inwards and slightly concave to torn us ; tornus produced and lobed, in some forms with a slender tail in addition ; dorsum slightly arched, nearly straight; cell about half length of wing; discocellulars oblique; vein 3 from just before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex ; costa at base angular. Antenna) over half length of fore wing ; club short, male reduced and clothed with soft hairs; tarsus one-jointed ; Female has the foreleg covered in scales and functional.[1]
References
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1905. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 1