Deudorix dinochares information

Apricot playboy
	Male in Amanzimtoti, South Africa
	Female in Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deudorix
Species:	D. dinochares
Binomial name
	Deudorix dinochares; Grose-Smith, 1887
Synonyms
	Virachola dinochares; Deudorix (Virachola) dinochares; Deudorix dieden Karsch, 1900; Deudorix dinochares var. rhodesiensis Stevenson, 1937;

Deudorix dinochares, the apricot playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, eastern Africa and south-west Arabia. In South Africa it is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng.

The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from March to May.^[2]

The larvae feed on the fruit of a wide range of plants such as: Combretum species (including C. zeyheri), Burkea species (including B. africana), Syzygium species (including S. cordatum), Gardenia species (including G. volkensii and G. neuberia), Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Acacia species (including A. stenocarpa), Dolichos, Lablab, Schotea, Macadamia, Coffea, Quisqualis, Schotia, Tamarindus, Vigna, Psidium, Prunus and Ximenia species.

^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

[1] "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

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