Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Deudorix dinomenes | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Deudorix Rank Subspecies | |
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Deudorix dinomenes, the orange playboy, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round with a peak from April to July.
The larvae probably feed on the fruit of Deinbollia species
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