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Pilodeudorix zela
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. zela
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix zela
( Hewitson, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena zela Hewitson, 1869
  • Hypolycaena simplex Staudinger, 1891

Pilodeudorix zela, the blue-edged playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal ( Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Kinshasa, Lualaba and Tanganyika), Uganda, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests, including dry forests.

References

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  1. ^ Pilodeudorix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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