Deudorix ecaudata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Deudorix |
Species: | D. ecaudata |
Binomial name | |
Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963 [1] | |
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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 .