Pilodeudorix

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Pilodeudorix
Subgenera (5): Diopetes – Kopelates – Pilodeudorix – Strongylates – Unikopelates
Overview of species

P. anetia – P. angelita – P. ankoleensis – P. aruma – P. aucta – P. aurivilliusi – P. azurea – P. baginei – P. bemba – P. caerulea – P. camerona – P. canescens – P. catalla – P. catori – P. columbinia – P. congoana – P. corruscans – P. csomae – P. deritas – P. diyllus – P. ducarmei – P. elealodes – P. fumata – P. hamidou – P. hugoi – P. kafuensis – P. kallipygos – P. kedassa – P. kiellandi – P. kohli – P. laticlavia – P. leonina – P. mera – P. mimeta – P. nirmo – P. nyanzana – P. obscurata – P. otraeda – P. pasteon – P. pseudoderitas – P. rodgersi – P. sadeska – P. tenuivittata – P. ula – P. violetta – P. virgata – P. zela – P. zeloides – P. zelomima
Name

Pilodeudorix H.H. Druce, 1891.

Type species: Pilodeudorix barbatus H.H. Druce, 1891
Synonymy

Hypokopelates H.H. Druce, 1891
Kopelates H.H. Druce, 1891
Actis Karsch, 1895
Diopetes Karsch, 1895

References

Collins, S.C., Congdon, T.C.E., Henning, G.A., Larsen, T.B. & Williams, M.C. 2014. A review of d’Abrera’s Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region – Part III (second edition), 2009 – Part 3 (Theclinae, Polyommatinae and Riodinidae). Metamorphosis 25(2): 109–122. PDF. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1891. Descriptions of some new genera and species of West-African Lycaenidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 7: 364–367. BHL. Reference page.
Karsch, F. 1895. Aethiopische Rhopaloceren II. Entomologische Nachrichten 21: 289–322. BHL Reference page.
Larsen, T.B., 1994: Diopetes kakumi, a new hairstreak from Kakum National Park, Ghana (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 5 (2): 83–84. Full article: [1].
Larsen, T.B., 1996: Hypokopelates boormani - a new lycaenid from Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 108 (1-2): 7–9. Full article: [2].
Mendes, L.F. & De Sousa, A.B., 2003: On a new subspecies of Hypokopelates viridis Stempffer, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Guinea-Bissau. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia, 213: 393–398.
Robbins, R. K. & Lamas, G. 2002. Nomenclatural Changes in the Neotropical Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 19 (Supl. 1): 197–214. PDF. Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Pilodeudorix is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Pilodeudorix anetia (Hulstaert, 1924)
Pilodeudorix angelita (Suffert, 1904)
Pilodeudorix ankoleensis (Stempffer, 1953)
Pilodeudorix aruma (Hewitson, 1873)
Pilodeudorix aucta (Karsch, 1895)
Pilodeudorix aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1954)
Pilodeudorix azurea (Stempffer, 1964)
Pilodeudorix baginei (Collins & Larsen, 1991)
Pilodeudorix bemba (Neave, 1910)
Pilodeudorix caerulea (Druce, 1890)
Pilodeudorix camerona (Plötz, 1880)
Pilodeudorix canescens (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)
Pilodeudorix catalla (Karsch, 1895)
Pilodeudorix catori (Bethune-Baker, 1903)
Pilodeudorix congoana (Schultze & Aurivillius, 1923)
Pilodeudorix corruscans (Aurivillius, 1898)
Pilodeudorix deritas (Hewitson, 1874)
Pilodeudorix diyllus (Hewitson, 1878)
Pilodeudorix ducarmei (Collins & Larsen, 1998)
Pilodeudorix elealodes (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Pilodeudorix fumata (Stempffer, 1954)
Pilodeudorix hamidou Libert, 2004
Pilodeudorix hugoi Libert, 2004
Pilodeudorix infuscata (Stempffer, 1964)
Pilodeudorix kafuensis (Neave, 1910)
Pilodeudorix kallipygos (Birket-Smith, 1960)
Pilodeudorix kedassa (Druce, 1910)
Pilodeudorix kiellandi (Congdon & Collins, 1998)
Pilodeudorix kohli (Aurivillius, 1921)
Pilodeudorix laticlavia (Clench, 1965)
Pilodeudorix leonina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Pilodeudorix mera (Hewitson, 1873)
Pilodeudorix mimeta (Karsch, 1895)
Pilodeudorix nirmo (Clench, 1965)
Pilodeudorix nyanzana (Stempffer, 1957)
Pilodeudorix obscurata (Trimen, 1891)
Pilodeudorix otraeda (Hewitson, 1863)
Pilodeudorix pasteon (Druce, 1910)
Pilodeudorix pseudoderitas (Stempffer, 1964)
Pilodeudorix rodgersi Kielland, 1985
Pilodeudorix sadeska (Clench, 1965)
Pilodeudorix tenuivittata (Stempffer, 1951)
Pilodeudorix ula (Karsch, 1895)
Pilodeudorix violetta (Aurivillius, 1898)
Pilodeudorix virgata (Druce, 1891)
Pilodeudorix zela (Hewitson, 1869)
Pilodeudorix zeloides (Butler, 1901)
Pilodeudorix zelomina (Rebel, 1914)