Pilodeudorix virgata
Pilodeudorix virgata, the small green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south, east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the northern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
| Pilodeudorix virgata | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. virgata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilodeudorix virgata (H. H. Druce, 1891)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pilodeudorix virgata.
Wikispecies has information related to Pilodeudorix virgata.
- Savela, Markku (September 5, 2018). "Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.