Pilodeudorix caerulea

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Pilodeudorix caerulea
Pilodeudorix caerulea.JPG
Upperside (left) and underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
P. caerulea
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix caerulea
Synonyms
  • Deudorix caerulea H. H. Druce, 1890
  • Argiolaus hollandi Ehrmann, 1894

Pilodeudorix caerulea, the blue-heart playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), equatorial Africa, western Kenya and northern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.

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

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (September 5, 2018). "Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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