Deudorix ecaudata

Untailed playboy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deudorix
Species:	D. ecaudata
Binomial name
	Deudorix ecaudata; Gifford, 1963
Synonyms
	Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata; Deudorix dohertyiBethune-Baker, 1905;

Last updated October 27, 2025

Deudorix ecaudata, the untailed playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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 genus Pheidole .

References

↑ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

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[funet-1] "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[ATBUT-2] "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

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