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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Zemerini
Genus: Dodona
Species: D. adonira – D. binghami – D. chrysapha – D. deodata – D. dipoea – D. dracon – D. durga – D. egeon – D. elvira – D. eugenes – D. formosana – D. fruhstorferi – D. henrici – D. hoenei – D. kaolinkon – D. katerina – D. maculosa – D. mizunumai – D. moritai – D. ouida – D. speciosa – D. windu

Name

Dodona Hewitson, [1861]

Type species: Melitaea durga Klug, [1844]


References

Callaghan, C.J. 2000: A Study of the Riodinid Butterflies of the Genus Dodona in Nepal (Riodinidae). The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 36: 1–15. full article (pdf) Reference page.
Callaghan C.J., 2009: The riodinid butterflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 63: 61–82.
Hanafusa, H. 1989: New species and subspecies of butterflies from South East Asia. Futao 1: 3–10. Reference page.
Monastyrskii, A.L. & A.L. Devyatkin, 2000: New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Atalanta 31(3/4): 471–492.
Monastyrskii, A.L. & A.L. Devyatkin 2003: New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam, 2 (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Atalanta 34 (1/2): 75–109.
Wu, L-W., Lin, W-J. & Hsu, Y-F. 2018. A distinct species, Dodona formosana, detected in the Dodona eugenes species complex: clarification of the taxonomic status of the Dodona butterfly in Taiwan. ZooKeys 736: 59–77. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.736.22062. Reference page.
Yagishita A. 1994: Two new subspecies of Dodona elvira from Borneo. Futao 17: 12–15.

Vernacular names
中文: 尾蜆蝶屬

Dodona, the Punches, are a genus of butterflies found in Asia. The genus was erected by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861.
Description
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Forewing broad, short, triangular; costa very slightly arched; apex subacute; termen slightly convex; tornus angulate; dorsum straight; cell comparatively broad, about half the length of the 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. Hindwing: costa arched; apex broadly rounded; termen below apex straight to vein 4, then slightly bent inwards and slightly concave to tornus; tornus produced and lobed, in some forms with a slender tail in addition; dorsum slightly arched, nearly straight; cell about half the length of the wing; discocellulars oblique; vein 3 from just before lower apex of cell, 4 from apex; costa at base angular. Antenna over half the length of the forewing; club short, male reduced and clothed with soft hairs; tarsus one jointed; Female has the foreleg covered in scales and functional.[1]
Species

Dodona egeon (Westwood, [1851]) Uttarakhand to Assam, Myanmar – orange Punch
Dodona elvira Staudinger, 1896 northern Borneo
Dodona adonira Hewitson, 1866 Nepal, Sikkim, north-eastern India (hills), northern Myanmar – striped Punch
Dodona dipoea Hewitson, 1866 Tibet, Himalayas (west as far as Murree), north-eastern India (hills), Myanmar, western China – lesser Punch
Dodona dracon de Nicéville, 1897 northern Myanmar
Dodona kaolinkon Yoshino, 1999 western Yunnan
Dodona katerina Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
Dodona eugenes Bates, [1868] Tibet, Himalayas (west as far as Murree), north-eastern India (hills), Myanmar, western China – tailed Punch
Dodona maculosa Leech, 1890 western and central China
Dodona robinsoni Rothschild, 1920 Sumatra (Mount Kerinci)
Dodona durga (Kollar, [1844]) Tibet, Chitral - Nepal, western and central China – common Punch
Dodona ouida Hewitson, 1866 western China, Himalayas (west as far as Mussoorie), north-eastern India (hills), Myanmar
Dodona vanleeuwenii Roepke, 1921 Java
Dodona chrysapha Fruhstorfer, 1910 western Java (Mount Gede)
Dodona deodata Hewitson, 1876 Assam - Myanmar
Dodona henrici Holland, 1887 Hainan – white Punch
Dodona aponata Semper, 1889 Philippines, Java, north-eastern Sumatra, northern Borneo
Dodona speciosa Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000

References

Bingham, C. T. (1905). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies Volume I. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.

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