Deudorix dinomenes
| Deudorix dinomenes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. dinomenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix dinomenes Grose-Smith, 1887[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Orange Playboy (Deudorix dinomenes) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on year round with a peak from April to July.[2]
The larvae probably feed on the fruit of Deinbollia species
Subspecies
- Deudorix dinomenes dinomenes (coast of Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal to the north)
- Deudorix dinomenes diomedes Jackson, 1966 (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, western Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya: west to the Kakamega Forest, western Tanzania)
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