Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: P. aurivilliusi
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi
(Stempffer, 1954)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Diopetes) aurivilliusi Stempffer, 1954

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi, the Aurivillius' diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Togo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Cleistopholis patens.

References

  1. Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina


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