''Dodona'', the Punches, are a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 natural history, naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidopter ...

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

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Dodona egeon ''Dodona egeon'', the orange Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm - in Mussoorie to Assam, Burma (nominate) and Peninsular Malaya (''D. e. confluens'' Corbet, 1941) that belongs to the family Riodinidae (which ...

'' (Westwood,

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Uttarakhand to Assam, Myanmar – orange Punch *''

Dodona elvira Dodona (; Doric Greek: Δωδώνα, ''Dōdṓnā'', Ionic Greek, Ionic and Attic Greek: Δωδώνη, ''Dōdṓnē'') in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Ancient Greece, Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BC, sec ...

'' Staudinger, 1896 northern Borneo *''

Dodona adonira ''Dodona adonira'', the striped 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 Brit ...

'' Hewitson, 1866 Nepal, Sikkim, north-eastern India (hills), northern Myanmar – striped Punch *''

Dodona dipoea ''Dodona dipoea'', the lesser Punch, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm (Tibet, Himalayas, Northeast India (hills), Burma, West China) that belongs to the Punches and Judies, that is, the Family (biology), family Rio ...

'' Hewitson, 1866 Tibet, Himalayas (west as far as Murree), north-eastern India (hills), Myanmar, western China – lesser Punch *''

Dodona dracon 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. ...

'' de Nicéville, 1897 northern Myanmar *'' Dodona kaolinkon'' Yoshino, 1999 western Yunnan *''

Dodona katerina 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 *''

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 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. ...

'' Leech, 1890 western and central China *'' Dodona robinsoni'' Rothschild, 1920 Sumatra (Mount Kerinci) *'' Dodona durga'' (Kollar, 844 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

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