Pilodeudorix zela

Pilodeudorix zela


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. zela
Binomial name
*Pilodeudorix zela* (Hewitson, 1869)^[1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena zela Hewitson, 1869 Hypolycaena simplex Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix zela, the Blue-edged Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal (Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bisseau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa, Lualaba and Tanganika), Uganda, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of forests, including dry forests.

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