''Pilodeudorix angelita'', the Angelita's playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Central African Republic and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The habitat consists of
primary forests
An old-growth forestalso termed primary forest, virgin forest, late seral forest, primeval forest, or first-growth forestis a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance, and thereby exhibits unique ecological feature ...
.
Subspecies
*''Pilodeudorix angelita angelita'' (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo)
*''Pilodeudorix angelita schultzei''
(Aurivillius, 1907) (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon: west of the mountains)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65''i, k'' nominate and ''schultzei'' (Aurivillius, 1907)
Butterflies described in 1904
Deudorigini
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