''Pilodeudorix diyllus'', the green-streaked playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. 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,
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,
Togo,
Nigeria and
Cameroon.
The habitat consists of forests.
Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of ''
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 ...
''.
The larvae feed on ''
Pterocarpus esculenta''. They are attended by ants of the genus ''
Oecophylla''.
Subspecies
*''Pilodeudorix diyllus diyllus'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
*''Pilodeudorix diyllus occidentalis''
Libert, 2004 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''a''
Butterflies described in 1878
Deudorigini
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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