Pilodeudorix diyllus
| Pilodeudorix diyllus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. diyllus |
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| Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)[1] | |
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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.
Subspecies
- Pilodeudorix diyllus diyllus (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis Libert, 2004 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea)
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- ↑ Pilodeudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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