Deudorix ecaudata
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| Deudorix ecaudata Gifford, 1963[1]
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Deudorix ecaudata, the untailed playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya (east of the Rift Valley), northern Tanzania and Malawi.[2] The habitat consists of thornbush savanna.
The larvae feed on Acacia species and are associated with ants of the genus Pheidole.
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- ^ "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 2012-06-23.
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