Deudorix caliginosa
| Deudorix caliginosa | |
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| Deudorix caliginosa figure 7 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. caliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix caliginosa Lathy, 1903[1] | |
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Deudorix caliginosa, the Dark Brown Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Sao Tome & Principe (Sao Tome), the Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The butterfly's habitat is forest.
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers on bushes and both sexes mud-puddle.
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- ↑ Deudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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