Deudorix vansomereni
Deudorix vansomereni, the Van Someren's playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. vansomereni |
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The larvae feed on Acacia species and Agalana obliqua.
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Deudorix vansomereni.
- "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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