Pilodeudorix angelita

Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix angelita

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. angelita
Binomial name
*Pilodeudorix angelita* (Suffert, 1904)^[1]
Synonyms
Deudorix angelita Suffert, 1904 Deudoryx makala Bethune-Baker, 1908 Deudorix schultzei Aurivillius, 1907

Pilodeudorix angelita, the Angelita's playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

Pilodeudorix angelita angelita (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Pilodeudorix angelita schultzei (Aurivillius, 1907) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon: west of the mountains)

References

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^ Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.