Deudorix livia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Deudorix |
Species: | D. livia
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Binomial name | |
Deudorix livia | |
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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,[2][3] Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece.[4] 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.