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Pilodeudorix mimeta

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Pilodeudorix mimeta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. mimeta
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix mimeta
(Karsch, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Actis mimeta Karsch, 1895
  • Hypomyrina perigrapha Karsch, 1895
  • Deudorix unda Gaede, 1915

Pilodeudorix mimeta, the green-and-orange 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, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Images

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External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Subspecies

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  • Pilodeudorix mimeta mimeta (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)
  • Pilodeudorix mimeta angusta Libert, 2004 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
  • Pilodeudorix mimeta oreas Libert, 2004 (Nigeria, Cameroon)

References

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  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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