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Deudorix ecaudata

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Deudorix ecaudata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species: D. ecaudata
Binomial name
Deudorix ecaudata
Gifford, 1963
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata
  • Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905

Deudorix ecaudata, the untailed playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), northern Tanzania and Malawi. The habitat consists of thornbush savanna.

The larvae feed on Acacia species and are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.

References

  1. "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
Taxon identifiers
Deudorix ecaudata


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