Deudorix vansomereni

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Deudorix vansomereni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. vansomereni
Binomial name
Deudorix vansomereni
Stempffer, 1951 [1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) vansomereni

Deudorix vansomereni, the Van Someren's playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Acacia species and Agalana obliqua .

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References

  1. "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.