Pilodeudorix violetta
| Pilodeudorix violetta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. violetta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1897)[1] | |
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Pilodeudorix violetta, the Violet Diopetes, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2]
Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Eupatorium species.
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- ↑ Pilodeudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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