Deudorix odana

Deudorix odana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species: D. odana
Binomial name
Deudorix odana
Druce, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) odana

Deudorix odana, the Indigo Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Adults feed from flowers and both sexes mud-puddle.

The larvae feed on Canavalia ensiformis and Caesalpinia species. They feed on the seeds of their host plant within the pods.

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