Pilodeudorix zeloides

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Pilodeudorix zeloides
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P. zeloides
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix zeloides
(Butler, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Virachola zeloides Butler, 1901

Pilodeudorix zeloides, the midnight-blue playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2]

Adults feed from flowers. They are on wing from August to May.

The larvae feed on Parinari curatellifolia.

References[]

  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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