Deudorix ecaudata

Deudorix ecaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species: D. ecaudata
Binomial name
Deudorix ecaudata
Gifford, 1963[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata
  • Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905

Deudorix ecaudata, the Untailed Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), northern Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of thornbush savanna.

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

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