Deudorix vansoni
Deudorix vansoni, the Van Son's playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini, then along the Lebombo foothills to southern Mpumalanga and north to Zimbabwe and Malawi.
| Deudorix vansoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. vansoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix vansoni Pennington, 1948[1] | |
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The wingspan is 20–23 mm for males and 20–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round with a peak from September to October.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia caffra and Acacia burkei, causing stem galls on the twigs.
References
- "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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