''Deudorix lorisona'', the coffee playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Senegal,
the Gambia,
Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
,
Sierra Leone,
Burkina Faso,
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
,
Ivory Coast
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,
Ghana,
Togo,
Nigeria,
Cameroon,
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
,
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
,
Gabon, the
Republic of the Congo
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, the
Central African Republic, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Uganda,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
,
Tanzania,
Malawi,
Zambia,
Mozambique and
Zimbabwe.
The habitat consists of dense savanna and forests.
Adults are attracted to the flowers of ''
Eupatorium'' species and adult males
mud puddle
A puddle is a small accumulation of liquid, usually water, on a surface. It can form either by pooling in a depression on the surface, or by surface tension upon a flat surface.
A puddle is generally shallow enough to walk through, and too sm ...
. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from April to August.
The larvae feed on ''
Galiniera saxifraga
''Galiniera saxifraga'' is a species of tree or small shrub native to the highlands of eastern and central Africa.
Range and habitat
''Galiniera saxifraga'' is an Afromontane species, found in the Ethiopian Highlands and the Eastern Rift highl ...
'', ''
Mussaenda arcuata
''Mussaenda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to the African and Asian tropics and subtropics. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Species
''Mussaenda'' includes the following species:
* ' ...
'', ''
Rothmannia fischeri
''Rothmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described in 1776 and is named for Göran Rothman (1739–1778) by Thunberg – both were pupils of Linnaeus.
Description
Although Rubiaceae flowers are generally org ...
'', ''
Keetia'', ''
Rutidea'' and ''
Coffea'' species. It is considered a minor pest on cultivated coffee.
Subspecies
*''D. l. lorisona'' (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe: Principe, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya: west of the Rift Valley, western Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Kinshasa, Sankuru, Lualaba and Shaba)
*''D. l. abriana''
Libert, 2004 (Senegal: Basse Casamance, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea: Fouta Djalon)
*''D. l. baronica''
Ungemach, 1932 (Sudan, south-western Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, north-western Tanzania, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi)
*''D. l. coffea''
Jackson, 1966 (Kenya: east of the Rift Valley, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
*''D. l. sesse''
Stempffer & Jackson, 1962 (Uganda: Sesse Isles, Lake Victoria)
References
External links
''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 66''d''
Butterflies described in 1862
Deudorix
Lepidoptera of Africa
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