Pomegranate Playboy

Deudorix livia

''Deudorix livia'', the pomegranate playboy, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, including Greece. The habitat consists of savanna, including arid savanna.

It is a somewhat migratory species. The larvae feed on ''Punica granatum'', ''Eriobotrya japonica'', ''Acacia'', ''Phoenix'', ''Allium'', ''Psidium'', ''Gardenia'' and ''Lycopersicum'' species.
Deudorix livia in the Jerusalem Botanical Garden. 
this butterfly lay its eggs on Pomegranate trees, so it's considered pests. but in the Botanical Garden I can simply enjoy its beauty.  Deudorix livia,Geotagged,Israel

Naming

*''Deudorix livia livia''
⤷ ''Deudorix livia barnetti'' Libert, 2005

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusDeudorix
SpeciesD. livia
Photographed in
Israel