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Genus: Deudorix

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Theclinae > Tribe: Deudorigini

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Vári & Kroon (2002).

Deudorix caerulea     

 

 

Deudorix zeloides

 

 

Deudorix antalus (Brown playboy)

 

Deudorix dariaves (Black-and-orange playboy)

 

Deudorix dinochares (Apricot playboy)

 

Deudorix dinomenes (Orange playboy)

 

 

Deudorix diocles (Orange-barred playboy)

 

Deudorix lorisona

 

 

Deudorix magda

 

 

Deudorix nicephora

 

 

Deudorix penningtoni (Pennington's playboy)

 

 

Deudorix vansoni (Van son's palyboy)

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.