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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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
Species: | P. angelita
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Binomial name | |
Pilodeudorix angelita | |
Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- 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
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Pilodeudorix angelita.
Wikispecies has information related to Pilodeudorix angelita.
- ^ Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
External links
edit- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 i, k nominate and schultzei (Aurivillius, 1907)