''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. 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 (Nigeria), Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Repub ...
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(Stempffer, 1964)
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Paradeudorix eleala
''Paradeudorix eleala'', the western fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Rep ...
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(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 ...
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(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Paradeudorix marginata
''Paradeudorix marginata'', the black-edged fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the southern and ...
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(Stempffer, 1962)
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Paradeudorix michelae
''Paradeudorix michelae'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa.
References
Butterflies described in 2004
Deudorigini
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Libert, 2004
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Paradeudorix moyambina''
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Paradeudorix petersi''
(Stempffer & Bennett, 1956)
External links
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Taxonomy and distribution at funet
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Theclinae
Lycaenidae genera
Deudorigini