Pilodeudorix mera
| Pilodeudorix mera | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. mera |
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| Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson, 1873)[1] | |
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Pilodeudorix mera, the Streaked Fairy Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Subspecies
- Pilodeudorix mera mera (Ivory Coast, Nigeria: east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, western Uganda, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
- Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Pilodeudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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