Pilodeudorix zeloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Species:
P. zeloides
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix zeloides
(Butler, 1901)[1]
Synonyms
  • Virachola zeloides Butler, 1901

Pilodeudorix zeloides, the midnight-blue playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2]

Adults feed from flowers. They are on wing from August to May.

The larvae feed on Parinari curatellifolia.

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.


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