Biology:Pilodeudorix caerulea

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix caerulea
Pilodeudorix caerulea.JPG
Upperside (left) and underside
Scientific classification edit
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]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix caerulea H. H. Druce, 1890
  • Argiolaus hollandi Ehrmann, 1894

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.

Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of various flowers, especially those of Tridax species and Eupatorium odorata. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7194263 entry