Pilodeudorix angelita

Pilodeudorix angelita, the Angelita's playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Pilodeudorix angelita
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P. angelita
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix angelita
(Suffert, 1904)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix angelita Suffert, 1904
  • Deudoryx makala Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Deudorix schultzei Aurivillius, 1907

Subspecies

  • Pilodeudorix angelita angelita (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Pilodeudorix angelita schultzei (Aurivillius, 1907) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon: west of the mountains)

References

  1. Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.


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