''Dodona'', the Punches, are a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of butterflies found in Asia. The genus was erected by

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...

in 1861.

Description

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.

Species

*'' Dodona egeon'' (Westwood,

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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 ''Dodona eugenes'', the Tailed Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae. Description From Charles Thomas Bingham (1905) ''The Fauna of British ...

'' Bates,

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/small> 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 Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. ...

'' Rothschild, 1920 Sumatra (Mount Kerinci) *''

Dodona durga ''Dodona durga'', the common Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm (Tibet, Chitral to Nepal, West China, Central China) that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae. File:Common Punch ...

'' (Kollar,

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Tibet, Chitral - Nepal, western and central China – common Punch *''

Dodona ouida ''Dodona ouida'', the mixed Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm in West China, Himalayas (west as far as Mussoorie), Northeast India (hills) and Burma that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the famil ...

'' Hewitson, 1866 western China, Himalayas (west as far as Mussoorie), north-eastern India (hills), Myanmar *''

Dodona vanleeuwenii Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. ...

'' Roepke, 1921 Java *''

Dodona chrysapha Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. ...

'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 western Java (Mount Gede) *''

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. Subspecies *'' D. d. deodata'' souther ...

'' Hewitson, 1876 Assam - Myanmar *''

Dodona henrici ''Dodona henrici'', the white Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in India that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the family Riodinidae. See also *List of butterflies of India *List of butterflies of India (Riodinidae) The ...

'' Holland, 1887 Hainan – white Punch *''

Dodona aponata Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. ...

'' Semper, 1889 Philippines, Java, north-eastern Sumatra, northern Borneo *''

Dodona speciosa Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. ...

'' Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000

References

Nemeobiinae Butterfly genera Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Riodinidae-stub