Biology:Pilodeudorix corruscans

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Pilodeudorix corruscans
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Upperside
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Underside
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. corruscans
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix corruscans
(Aurivillius, 1898)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix corruscans Aurivillius, 1898
  • Diopetes kakumi Larsen, 1994

Pilodeudorix corruscans, the Kakum diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-eastern part of the country to Ituri and Lualaba) and Tanzania (the Kigoma District).[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Pilodeudorix corruscans corruscans (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Ituri and Lualaba, Tanzania: Kigoma District)
  • Pilodeudorix corruscans kakumi (Larsen, 1994) (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21306670 entry