''Pilodeudorix'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae. They are found in the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
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Pilodeudorix anetia''
(Hulstaert, 1924)
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Pilodeudorix angelita
''Pilodeudorix angelita'', the Angelita's playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habi ...
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(Suffert, 1904)
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Pilodeudorix ankoleensis
''Pilodeudorix ankoleensis'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Uganda.
References
Endemic fauna of Uganda
Butterflies described in 1953
Deudorigini
{{Lycaenidae-stub ...
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(Stempffer, 1953)
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Pilodeudorix aruma
''Pilodeudorix aruma'', the small red playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The ...
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(Hewitson, 1873)
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Pilodeudorix aucta''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi''
(Stempffer, 1954)
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Pilodeudorix azurea''
(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix baginei''
(Collins & Larsen, 1991)
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Pilodeudorix bemba
''Pilodeudorix bemba'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and south-western Tanzania.
References
External links''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrik ...
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(Neave, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix caerulea
''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 ...
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(Druce, 1890)
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Pilodeudorix camerona
''Pilodeudorix camerona'', the tufted green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo
The ...
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(Plötz, 1880)
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Pilodeudorix canescens''
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
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Pilodeudorix catalla''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix catori''
(Bethune-Baker, 1903)
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Pilodeudorix congoana
''Pilodeudorix congoana'', the eastern green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...
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(Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923)
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Pilodeudorix corruscans
''Pilodeudorix corruscans'', the Kakum diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the north-eastern part o ...
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(Aurivillius, 1898)
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Pilodeudorix deritas
''Pilodeudorix deritas'', the small diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the ...
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(Hewitson, 1874)
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Pilodeudorix diyllus
''Pilodeudorix diyllus'', the green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of for ...
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(Hewitson, 1878)
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Pilodeudorix ducarmei''
(Collins & Larsen, 1998)
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Pilodeudorix elealodes
''Pilodeudorix elealodes'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Tshopo). The habitat consists of primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin ...
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(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Pilodeudorix fumata''
(Stempffer, 1954)
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Pilodeudorix hamidou''
Libert, 2004
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Pilodeudorix hugoi''
Libert, 2004
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Pilodeudorix infuscata''
(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix kafuensis
''Pilodeudorix kafuensis'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zambia (north of Lusaka), the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Lualaba and Shaba), Malawi and south-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary fore ...
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(Neave, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix kallipygos''
(Birket-Smith, 1960)
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Pilodeudorix kedassa''
(Druce, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix kiellandi''
(Congdon & Collins, 1998)
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Pilodeudorix kohli''
(Aurivillius, 1921)
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Pilodeudorix laticlavia''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix leonina''
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Pilodeudorix mera''
(Hewitson, 1873)
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Pilodeudorix mimeta''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix nirmo''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix nyanzana''
(Stempffer, 1957)
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Pilodeudorix obscurata''
(Trimen, 1891)
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Pilodeudorix otraeda''
(Hewitson, 1863)
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Pilodeudorix pasteon''
(Druce, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas''
(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix rodgersi''
Kielland, 1985
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Pilodeudorix sadeska''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix tenuivittata''
(Stempffer, 1951)
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Pilodeudorix ula''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix violetta''
(Aurivillius, 1898)
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Pilodeudorix virgata''
(Druce, 1891)
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Pilodeudorix zela
''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), Came ...
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(Hewitson, 1869)
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Pilodeudorix zeloides''
(Butler, 1901)
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Pilodeudorix zelomina''
(Rebel, 1914)
External links
"''Pilodeudorix'' Druce, 1891"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Deudorigini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce
{{Theclinae-stub