Biology:Pilodeudorix violetta

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix violetta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. violetta
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix violetta
(Aurivillius, 1897)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix violetta Aurivillius, 1897

Pilodeudorix violetta, the violet diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2]

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Eupatorium species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7194297 entry