| Brown playboy | |
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| Tongaat, South Africa | |
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| Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. antalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix antalus | |
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Deudorix antalus, the brown playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Africa (including Madagascar) and south-west Arabia.
The wingspan is 22–34 mm for males and 22–40 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from March to May. [2]
The larvae feed on the fruit of a wide range of plants, including Haplocoelum galiense , Schotia species (including S. afra and Schotia speciosa ), Faidherbia albida , Syzygium species (including S. guineense ), Ximenia species (including X. afra , X. poppae ), Acacia species (including A. stenocarpa ), Prunus species (including Prunus persica ispahanensis ), Cassia , Phaseolus lunatus , Sutherlandia , Crotalaria , Dolichos , Nymania capensis , Combretum , Quisqualis , Albizia , Baphia , Bauhinia , Burkea , Caesalpinia , Cajanus , Canavalia , Phaseolus , Pisum , Vigna , Macadamia , Olea , Paphia , Cardiospermum and Capsicum species.
