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Pilodeudorix congoana

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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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