Biology:Pilodeudorix zela

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix zela
Pilodeudorix zela.JPG
Pilodeudorix zela1.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. zela
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix zela
(Hewitson, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena zela Hewitson, 1869
  • Hypolycaena simplex Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix zela, the blue-edged playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal (Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa, Lualaba and Tanganyika), Uganda, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including dry forests.

Pilodeudorix zela2.JPG

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q28777725 entry