Pilodeudorix congoana

Pilodeudorix congoana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: P. congoana
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix congoana
Synonyms
  • Deudorix congoana Aurivillius, 1923
  • Deudorix diyllus congoana
  • Deudorix (Pilodeudorix) diyllus orientalis Stempffer, 1957

Pilodeudorix congoana, the eastern green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Pilodeudorix congoana congoana (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi)
  • Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957) (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, northern Zambia)

References

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


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