Deudorix isocrates
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]
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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
External links
- "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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