Pilodeudorix mimeta

Pilodeudorix mimeta, the green-and-orange 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, Tanzania and Zambia.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Pilodeudorix mimeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pilodeudorix
Species:	P. mimeta
Binomial name
Pilodeudorix mimeta (Karsch, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
Actis mimeta Karsch, 1895 Hypomyrina perigrapha Karsch, 1895 Deudorix unda Gaede, 1915

Images

External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Subspecies

• Pilodeudorix mimeta mimeta (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)
• Pilodeudorix mimeta angusta Libert, 2004 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Tanzania)
• Pilodeudorix mimeta oreas Libert, 2004 (Nigeria, Cameroon)