Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi, the Aurivillius' diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana and Togo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. aurivilliusi
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi
(Stempffer, 1954)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Diopetes) aurivilliusi Stempffer, 1954

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of Cleistopholis patens.

References
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  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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