Deudorix isocrates
Deudorix isocrates | |
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Deudorix isocrates Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Deudorix |
Species: | D. isocrate |
Binomial name | |
Deudorix isocrates | |
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Deudorix isocrates, the common guava blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Indochina in the Indomalayan realm.[2]
The larvae feed on Randia dumetorum, Eriobotrya japonica, Psidium guajava, Tamarindus indica, Strychnos nux-vomica and Gardenia latifolia.
References
External links
- "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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