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Pilodeudorix mimeta

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Species of butterfly

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)
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. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Subspecies

  • 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

  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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Taxon identifiers
Pilodeudorix mimeta


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