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Deudorix livia

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Species of butterfly

Deudorix livia
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species: D. livia
Binomial name
Deudorix livia
(Klug, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena livia Klug, 1834
  • Deudorix (Virachola) livia
  • Virachola livia pallescens Rothschild, 1921

Deudorix livia, the pomegranate playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece. The habitat consists of savanna, including arid savanna.

It is a somewhat migratory species. The larvae feed on Punica granatum, Eriobotrya japonica, Acacia, Phoenix, Allium, Psidium, Gardenia and Lycopersicon species.

Pomegranate playboy from Saudi Arabia
Pomegranate playboy from Saudi Arabia

Subspecies

  • Deudorix livia livia (northern Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, northern Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, northern Uganda, northern and central Kenya, north-central Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, eastern Mediterranean)
  • Deudorix livia barnetti Libert, 2005 (Oman), United Arab Emirates

References

  1. "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Beladis, B.; Verheggen, F.; Baba Aissa, N.; Boukraa, S.; Salah Ou Elhadj, B.; Yagoub, L.; Doumandji, S.; Guezoul, O. (2018-07-04). "Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycanidae) en Algérie: Un ravageur important du grenadier et du palmier dattier". EPPO Bulletin. 48 (2): 281–286. doi:10.1111/epp.12478. ISSN 0250-8052.
  3. Haddad, K.; Afoutni, L.; Mebarki, M. T. (2020-06-10). "Premier signalement de Deudorix livia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) dans le sud algérien". EPPO Bulletin. 50 (2): 292–294. doi:10.1111/epp.12669. ISSN 0250-8052.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

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