Pilodeudorix caerulea
Pilodeudorix caerulea, the blue-heart playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), equatorial Africa, western Kenya and northern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.
| Pilodeudorix caerulea | |
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| Upperside (left) and underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. caerulea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilodeudorix caerulea (H. H. Druce, 1890)[1] | |
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Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of various flowers, especially those of Tridax species and Eupatorium odorata. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.
References
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- Savela, Markku (September 5, 2018). "Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
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