Deudorix caliginosa
Deudorix caliginosa, the dark brown playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The butterfly's habitat is forest.
| Deudorix caliginosa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Figure 7 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. caliginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix caliginosa | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers on bushes and both sexes mud-puddle.
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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deudorix caliginosa.
Wikispecies has information related to Deudorix caliginosa.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.