''Deudorix vansomereni'', the Van Someren's playboy, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern
Kenya and north-eastern
Tanzania.
The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on ''
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'' species and ''
Agalana obliqua''.
References
Butterflies described in 1951
Deudorigini
Deudorix
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Henri Stempffer
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