Deudorix isocrates

Deudorix isocrates
	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; (Fabricius, 1793).[1]
Synonyms
	Hesperia isocrates Fabricius, 1793; Hesperia pann Fabricius, 1793;

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

Fabricius, J.C., 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta Vol. 3(1): [vi], pp. 1-488. C. G. Proft, Hafniae.
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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

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