Pilodeudorix diyllus

Pilodeudorix diyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: P. diyllus
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix diyllus
(Hewitson, 1878)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix diyllus Hewitson, 1878
  • Hypolycaena debilis Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix diyllus, the Green-streaked Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Eupatorium odorata.

The larvae feed on Pterocarpus esculenta. They are attended by ants of the Oecophylla genus.

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