Deudorix suk
Species of butterfly
Deudorix suk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Deudorix |
Species: | D. suk |
Binomial name | |
Deudorix suk Stempffer, 1948[1] | |
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Deudorix suk, the Suk playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Uganda and western and central Kenya.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia species. They feed within galls. The larvae are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.
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