Biology:Deudorix odana
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Deudorix odana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. odana
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| Deudorix odana H. H. Druce, 1887[1]
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Deudorix odana, the indigo playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1887. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Adults feed from flowers and both sexes mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on Canavalia ensiformis and Caesalpinia species. They feed on the seeds of their host plant within the pods.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (November 20, 2018). "Deudorix odana Druce, 1887". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/deudorix/#odana. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_deudoricina.doc.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5266137 entry
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