Pomegranate playboy | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Deudorix |
Species: | D. livia |
Binomial name | |
Deudorix livia | |
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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.
It is a somewhat migratory species. The larvae feed on Punica granatum , Eriobotrya japonica , Acacia , Phoenix , Allium , Psidium , Gardenia and Lycopersicon species.