Pilodeudorix aruma
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
Species: | P. aruma
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Binomial name | |
Pilodeudorix aruma | |
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Pilodeudorix aruma, the small red 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 and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Pilodeudorix aruma aruma (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
- Pilodeudorix aruma nigeriana Libert, 2004 (eastern Nigeria)
- Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior Libert, 2004 (Central African Republic, western Uganda)
- Pilodeudorix aruma simplex (Schultze, 1917) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Images
[edit]External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pilodeudorix aruma.
Wikispecies has information related to Pilodeudorix aruma.
- ^ 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.
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