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Pilodeudorix caerulea

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Pilodeudorix caerulea

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Deudorix antalus, Deudorix, Anthene, Acraea, Hypolimnas

Pilodeudorix caerulea, the blue-heart playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), equatorial Africa, western Kenya and northern Tanzania. The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of various flowers, especially those of Tridax species and Eupatorium odorata. Adult males occasionally mud-puddle.

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Pilodeudorix caerulea Wikipedia


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