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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Paradeudorix |
Species: | P. eleala
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Binomial name | |
Paradeudorix eleala | |
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Paradeudorix eleala, the western fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia zygia and Theobroma cacao. They are attended by the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.
Paradeudorix eleala | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Paradeudorix |
Species: | P. eleala
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Binomial name | |
Paradeudorix eleala | |
Synonyms | |
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Paradeudorix eleala, the western fairy playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia zygia and Theobroma cacao. They are attended by the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.