Biology:Pilodeudorix mera

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix mera
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Pilodeudorix mera
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena mera Hewitson, 1873
  • Deudorix (Hypokopelates) mera f. kinumbensis Dufrane, 1945

Pilodeudorix mera, the streaked fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

  • Pilodeudorix mera mera (Ivory Coast, Nigeria: east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, western Uganda, north-western Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Lualaba)
  • Pilodeudorix mera kinumbensis (Dufrane, 1945) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, north-western Tanzania)

References

  1. ↑ Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_deudoricina.doc. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7194285 entry




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