Biology:Deudorix kayonza

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Deudorix kayonza
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. kayonza
Binomial name
Deudorix kayonza
Stempffer, 1956[1]
Synonyms
  • Deudorix (Virachola) kayonza

Deudorix kayonza, the false coffee playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults feed from the flowers of Eupatorium odorata.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5266129 entry