Pilodeudorix aruma

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)
Synonyms
	Hypolycaena aruma Hewitson, 1873; Hypolycaena rava Holland, 1892; Deudorix aruma var. simplex Schultze, 1917; Pilodeudorix aruma reducta Libert, 2004;

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.

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)