Pilodeudorix congoana

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pilodeudorix

Pilodeudorix congoana, the eastern green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

Pilodeudorix congoana congoana (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi)

Pilodeudorix congoana orientalis (Stempffer, 1957) (southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania, northern Zambia)

References

Pilodeudorix congoana Wikipedia

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