Deudorix mpanda

Deudorix mpanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. mpanda
Binomial name
Deudorix mpanda
(Kielland, 1990)[1]
Synonyms
  • Virachola mpanda Kielland, 1990
  • Deudorix (Virachola) mpanda

Deudorix mpanda is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, described by Jan Kielland (1923–1995), a Norwegian lepidopterist who spent much of his life in Tanzania, in 1990. It is found in Tanzania (from the western part of the country to Mpanda District).[2][3]

Its preferred habitat is montane, typically areas at altitudes between 1,400 and 1,700m, where it inhabits forest margins and scattered stunted woodland rather than dense forest interiors.

References

  1. ^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae – Subtribe Deudoricina". Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  3. ^ "biographies". sdei.senckenberg.de. Retrieved 2025-09-13.