Deudorix dinochares
| Apricot playboy | |
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| Male in Amanzimtoti, South Africa | |
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| Female in Pretoria, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. dinochares
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| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887[1]
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Deudorix dinochares, the apricot playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, eastern Africa and south-west Arabia. In South Africa it is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng.
The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from March to May.[2]
The larvae feed on the fruit of a wide range of plants such as: Combretum species (including ), Burkea species (including B. africana), Syzygium species (including S. cordatum), Gardenia species (including G. volkensii and ), Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Acacia species (including A. stenocarpa), Dolichos, Lablab, , Macadamia, Coffea, Quisqualis, Schotia, Tamarindus, Vigna, Psidium, Prunus and Ximenia species.
References[]
- ^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
External links[]
Data related to Deudorix dinochares at Wikispecies
Media related to Deudorix dinochares at Wikimedia Commons- Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66 d
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- Butterflies described in 1887
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith
- Deudorix
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