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Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pilodeudorix

Similar
  
Iolaus, Deudorix, Theclinae

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi, the Aurivillius' diopetes, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Togo. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Cleistopholis patens.

References

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi Wikipedia