Pilodeudorix virgata

Pilodeudorix virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species: P. virgata
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix virgata
(Druce, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Kopelates virgata Druce, 1891
  • Hypolycaena gracilis Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix virgata, the Small Green-streaked Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south, east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern half of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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