Deudorix ecaudata

Species of butterfly

Deudorix ecaudata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deudorix
Species:	D. ecaudata
Binomial name
*Deudorix ecaudata* Gifford, 1963^[1]
Synonyms
Deudorix (Virachola) ecaudata Deudorix dohertyi Bethune-Baker, 1905

Deudorix ecaudata, the untailed playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), northern Tanzania and Malawi.^[2] The habitat consists of thornbush savanna.

The larvae feed on Acacia species and are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.

References

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^ "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.