''Deudorix caliginosa'', the dark brown playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Ivory Coast
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,
Ghana, southern
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Bioko,
São Tomé and Príncipe
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, the
Republic of the Congo
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,
Uganda, western
Kenya, north-western
Tanzania,
Malawi,
Zambia,
Mozambique and eastern
Zimbabwe.
The butterfly's habitat is forest.
Adults have been recorded feeding from flowers on bushes and both sexes
mud-puddle.
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''e''
Butterflies described in 1903
Deudorigini
Deudorix
Butterflies of Africa
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