Deudorix caliginosa

Deudorix caliginosa
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]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) caliginosa

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.

References

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