Pilodeudorix aruma

Pilodeudorix aruma, the small red 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 and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Pilodeudorix aruma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. aruma
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix aruma (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena aruma Hewitson, 1873 Hypolycaena rava Holland, 1892 Deudorix aruma var. simplex Schultze, 1917 Pilodeudorix aruma reducta Libert, 2004

Subspecies

• Pilodeudorix aruma aruma (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic)
• Pilodeudorix aruma nigeriana Libert, 2004 (eastern Nigeria)
• Pilodeudorix aruma pallidior Libert, 2004 (Central African Republic, western Uganda)
• Pilodeudorix aruma simplex (Schultze, 1917) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.