Pilodeudorix corruscans

Pilodeudorix corruscans
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: P. corruscans
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix corruscans
(Aurivillius, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix corruscans Aurivillius, 1898
  • Diopetes kakumi Larsen, 1994

Pilodeudorix corruscans, the Kakum Diopetes, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (from the north-eastern part of the country to Ituri and Lualaba) and Tanzania (the Kigoma District).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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