Pilodeudorix mimeta

Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix mimeta

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. mimeta
Binomial name
*Pilodeudorix mimeta* (Karsch, 1895)^[1]
Synonyms
Actis mimeta Karsch, 1895 Hypomyrina perigrapha Karsch, 1895 Deudorix unda Gaede, 1915

Pilodeudorix mimeta, the green-and-orange 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, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Subspecies

Pilodeudorix mimeta mimeta (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)
Pilodeudorix mimeta angusta Libert, 2004 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
Pilodeudorix mimeta oreas Libert, 2004 (Nigeria, Cameroon)

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.