Deudorix lorisona

Deudorix lorisona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species: D. lorisona
Binomial name
Deudorix lorisona
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Myrina lorisona Hewitson, 1862
  • Deudorix (Virachola) lorisona
  • Myrina bimaculata Hewitson, 1874
  • Deudorix alticola Aurivillius, 1923
  • Deudorix lorisona f. obliterata Hawker-Smith, 1928
  • Deudorix lorisona f. unimaculata Hawker-Smith, 1928
  • Deudorix lorisona f. albifrons Stempffer, 1948
  • Deudorix baronica Ungemach, 1932

Deudorix lorisona, the Coffee Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna and forests.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of Eupatorium species and adult males mud puddle. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from April to August.

The larvae feed on Galiniera saxifraga, Mussaenda arcuata, Rothmannia fischeri, Keetia, Rutidea and Coffea species. It is considered a minor pest on cultivated coffee.

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