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Pilodeudorix corruscans

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pilodeudorix

Pilodeudorix corruscans

Pilodeudorix corruscans, the Kakum diopetes, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-eastern part of the country to Ituri and Lualaba) and Tanzania (the Kigoma District). The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Pilodeudorix corruscans corruscans (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: north-east to Ituri and Lualaba, Tanzania: Kigoma District)
  • Pilodeudorix corruscans kakumi (Larsen, 1994) (Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • References

    Pilodeudorix corruscans Wikipedia