Deudorix ecaudata
| Deudorix ecaudata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. ecaudata |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963[1] | |
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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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- ↑ Deudorix, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina
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