Pilodeudorix leonina
| Pilodeudorix leonina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pilodeudorix |
| Species: | P. leonina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pilodeudorix leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)[1] | |
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Pilodeudorix leonina, the Dark Round-spot, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Ituri and Sankuru) and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests and secondary forest with a closed canopy.
Subspecies
- Pilodeudorix leonina leonina (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Pilodeudorix leonina dimitris (d’Abrera, 1980) (Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Pilodeudorix leonina indentata Libert, 2004 (south-eastern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)
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- ↑ Pilodeudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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