Deudorix lorisona

Deudorix lorisona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deudorix
Species:	D. lorisona
Binomial name
	Deudorix lorisona; (Hewitson, 1862)
Synonyms
	Myrina lorisona Hewitson, 1862; Deudorix (Virachola) lorisona; Myrina bimaculata Hewitson, 1874; Deudorix alticola Aurivillius, 1923; Deudorix lorisona f. obliterata Hawker-Smith, 1928; Deudorix lorisona f. unimaculata Hawker-Smith, 1928; Deudorix lorisona f. albifrons Stempffer, 1948; Deudorix baronica Ungemach, 1932;

Deudorix lorisona, the Coffee Playboy, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of dense savanna and forests.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of Eupatorium species and adult males mud puddle. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from April to August.

The larvae feed on Galiniera saxifraga, Mussaenda arcuata, Rothmannia fischeri, Keetia, Rutidea and Coffea species. It is considered a minor pest on cultivated coffee.

Subspecies

Deudorix lorisona lorisona (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe: Principe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lualaba and Shaba)
Deudorix lorisona abriana Libert, 2004 (Senegal: Basse Casamance, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea: Fouta Djalon)
Deudorix lorisona baronica Ungemach, 1932 (Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi)
Deudorix lorisona coffea Jackson, 1966 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
Deudorix lorisona sesse Stempffer & Jackson, 1962 (Uganda: Sesse Isles, Lake Victoria)