| Apricot playboy | |
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| Male in Amanzimtoti, South Africa | |
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| Female in Pretoria, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. dinochares |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887 [1] | |
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Deudorix dinochares, the apricot playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, eastern Africa and south-west Arabia. In South Africa it is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng.
The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on the 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 such as: Combretum species (including C. zeyheri ), Burkea species (including B. africana ), Syzygium species (including S. cordatum ), Gardenia species (including G. volkensii and G. neuberia ), Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia , Acacia species (including A. stenocarpa ), Dolichos , Lablab , Schotea , Macadamia , Coffea , Quisqualis , Schotia , Tamarindus , Vigna , Psidium , Prunus and Ximenia species.
