Deudorix livia

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Pomegranate playboy
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Male
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. livia
Binomial name
Deudorix livia
(Klug, 1834) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena liviaKlug, 1834
  • Deudorix (Virachola) livia
  • Virachola livia pallescensRothschild, 1921

Deudorix livia, the pomegranate playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, [2] [3] Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece. [4] The habitat consists of savanna, including arid savanna.

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It is a somewhat migratory species. The larvae feed on Punica granatum , Eriobotrya japonica , Acacia , Phoenix , Allium , Psidium , Gardenia and Lycopersicon species.

Pomegranate playboy from Saudi Arabia Pomegranateplayboy.jpg
Pomegranate playboy from Saudi Arabia

Subspecies

References

  1. "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Beladis, B.; Verheggen, F.; Baba Aissa, N.; Boukraa, S.; Salah Ou Elhadj, B.; Yagoub, L.; Doumandji, S.; Guezoul, O. (2018-07-04). "Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycanidae) en Algérie: Un ravageur important du grenadier et du palmier dattier" . EPPO Bulletin. 48 (2): 281–286. doi:10.1111/epp.12478. ISSN   0250-8052.
  3. Haddad, K.; Afoutni, L.; Mebarki, M. T. (2020-06-10). "Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) dans le sud algérien" . EPPO Bulletin. 50 (2): 292–294. doi:10.1111/epp.12669. ISSN   0250-8052.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.