''Paradeudorix ituri'', the
Ituri fairy playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea
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,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
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, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Uganda,
Kenya and
Tanzania.
The habitat consists of
primary forests
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.
Subspecies
*''Paradeudorix ituri ituri'' (Nigeria: east and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Tshuapa, Equateur, Sankuru and Maniema)
*''Paradeudorix ituri ugandae''
(Talbot, 1935) (southern Sudan, western Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''a''
Butterflies described in 1908
Deudorigini
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