''Pilodeudorix'' 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 ...
. They 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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Pilodeudorix anetia''
(Hulstaert, 1924)
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Pilodeudorix angelita''
(Suffert, 1904)
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Pilodeudorix ankoleensis''
(Stempffer, 1953)
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Pilodeudorix aruma''
(Hewitson, 1873)
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Pilodeudorix aucta''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi''
(Stempffer, 1954)
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Pilodeudorix azurea''
(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix baginei''
(Collins & Larsen, 1991)
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Pilodeudorix bemba''
(Neave, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix caerulea''
(Druce, 1890)
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Pilodeudorix camerona
''Pilodeudorix camerona'', the tufted green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central Africa ...
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(Plötz, 1880)
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Pilodeudorix canescens''
(Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
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Pilodeudorix catalla
''Pilodeudorix catalla'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Ghana to Cameroon and in Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique ...
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(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix catori''
(Bethune-Baker, 1903)
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Pilodeudorix congoana
''Pilodeudorix congoana'', the eastern green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burund ...
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(Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923)
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Pilodeudorix corruscans''
(Aurivillius, 1898)
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Pilodeudorix deritas
''Pilodeudorix deritas'', the small diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the southern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Re ...
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(Hewitson, 1874)
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Pilodeudorix diyllus
''Pilodeudorix diyllus'', the green-streaked playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun ...
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(Hewitson, 1878)
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Pilodeudorix ducarmei
''Pilodeudorix ducarmei'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquiall ...
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(Collins & Larsen, 1998)
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Pilodeudorix elealodes
''Pilodeudorix elealodes'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele and Tshopo). The habitat consists of primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin for ...
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(Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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Pilodeudorix fumata
''Pilodeudorix fumata'', the smoky diopetes, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and southern Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. Th ...
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(Stempffer, 1954)
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Pilodeudorix hamidou
''Pilodeudorix hamidou'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and western and southern Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Camer ...
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Libert, 2004
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Pilodeudorix hugoi''
Libert, 2004
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Pilodeudorix infuscata
''Pilodeudorix infuscata'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda (from the western part of the country to Bwamba) and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary fo ...
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(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix kafuensis
''Pilodeudorix kafuensis'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Zambia (north of Lusaka), the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Lualaba and Shaba), Malawi and south-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forests
...
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(Neave, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix kallipygos
''Pilodeudorix kallipygos'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon. The habitat consists of primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or f ...
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(Birket-Smith, 1960)
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Pilodeudorix kedassa''
(Druce, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix kiellandi''
(Congdon & Collins, 1998)
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Pilodeudorix kohli''
(Aurivillius, 1921)
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Pilodeudorix laticlavia''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix leonina''
(Bethune-Baker, 1904)
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Pilodeudorix mera''
(Hewitson, 1873)
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Pilodeudorix mimeta''
(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix nirmo''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix nyanzana''
(Stempffer, 1957)
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Pilodeudorix obscurata''
(Trimen, 1891)
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Pilodeudorix otraeda
''Pilodeudorix otraeda'', the original round-spot, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic ...
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(Hewitson, 1863)
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Pilodeudorix pasteon''
(Druce, 1910)
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Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas''
(Stempffer, 1964)
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Pilodeudorix rodgersi''
Kielland, 1985
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Pilodeudorix sadeska''
(Clench, 1965)
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Pilodeudorix tenuivittata''
(Stempffer, 1951)
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Pilodeudorix ula
''Pilodeudorix ula'', the cobalt playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (west and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the C ...
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(Karsch, 1895)
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Pilodeudorix violetta''
(Aurivillius, 1898)
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Pilodeudorix virgata''
(Druce, 1891)
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Pilodeudorix zela
''Pilodeudorix zela'', the blue-edged playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal (Basse Casamance), Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Came ...
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(Hewitson, 1869)
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Pilodeudorix zeloides''
(Butler, 1901)
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Pilodeudorix zelomina
''Pilodeudorix zelomina'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the eastern part of the country to Kivu and the mountains northwest of Lake Tanganyika), southwestern Uganda, Zambia and ...
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(Rebel, 1914)
External links
"''Pilodeudorix'' Druce, 1891"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Deudorigini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Hamilton Herbert Druce
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