Pilodeudorix corruscans

Pilodeudorix corruscans
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. corruscans
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix corruscans (Aurivillius, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
Deudorix corruscans Aurivillius, 1898 Diopetes kakumi Larsen, 1994

Pilodeudorix corruscans, the Kakum Diopetes, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (from the north-eastern part of the country to Ituri and Lualaba) and Tanzania (the Kigoma District).^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Pilodeudorix corruscans corruscans (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: north-east to Ituri and Lualaba, Tanzania: Kigoma District)
• Pilodeudorix corruscans kakumi (Larsen, 1994) (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66 b