Pilodeudorix aruma

Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix aruma


Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. aruma
Binomial name
*Pilodeudorix aruma* (Hewitson, 1873)^[1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena aruma Hewitson, 1873 Hypolycaena rava Holland, 1892 Deudorix aruma var. simplex Schultze, 1917 Pilodeudorix aruma reducta Libert, 2004

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

Subspecies

Pilodeudorix aruma aruma (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
Pilodeudorix aruma nigeriana Libert, 2004 (eastern Nigeria)
Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior Libert, 2004 (Central African Republic, western Uganda)
Pilodeudorix aruma simplex (Schultze, 1917) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

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.