''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
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
,
Sierra Leone,
Burkina Faso,
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
,
Ghana,
Nigeria (south and the
Cross River loop), equatorial Africa, western
Kenya and northern
Tanzania.
The habitat consists of savanna and dry forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding on nectar of various flowers, especially those of ''
Tridax'' species and ''
Eupatorium odorata
''Eupatorium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennials growing to tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate ...
''. Adult males occasionally
mud-puddle.
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''b''
Butterflies described in 1890
Deudorigini
Butterflies of Africa
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