Pilodeudorix diyllus

Pilodeudorix diyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. diyllus
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878) [1]
Synonyms
Deudorix diyllusHewitson, 1878 Hypolycaena debilisStaudinger, 1891

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. ^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Eupatorium odorata .

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 occidentalisLibert, 2004 (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea)

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.

External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66 a