Pilodeudorix mera

Pilodeudorix mera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. mera
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena mera Hewitson, 1873 Deudorix (Hypokopelates) mera f. kinumbensis Dufrane, 1945

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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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 h