''Paradeudorix'' 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
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. The species of this genus 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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Paradeudorix boormani''
(Larsen, 1996)
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Paradeudorix cobaltina
''Paradeudorix cobaltina'', the cobalt fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the eastern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the ...
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(Stempffer, 1964)
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Paradeudorix eleala''
(Hewitson, 1865)
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Paradeudorix ituri
''Paradeudorix ituri'', the Ituri fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, S ...
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(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Paradeudorix marginata''
(Stempffer, 1962)
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Paradeudorix michelae''
Libert, 2004
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Paradeudorix moyambina''
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Paradeudorix petersi''
(Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
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Taxonomy and distribution at funet
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Theclinae
Lycaenidae genera
Deudorigini