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.

Deudorix ecaudata
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.