About Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834)
Deudorix livia, commonly known as the pomegranate playboy, is a species of butterfly that belongs to the family Lycaenidae. This species can be found across a broad geographic range, including Senegal, the Gambia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Algeria, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean, which includes Greece. Its preferred habitat is savanna, including arid savanna environments. Deudorix livia is recognized as a somewhat migratory species. The larvae of this butterfly feed on plant species from the genera Punica, Eriobotrya, Acacia, Phoenix, Allium, Psidium, Gardenia, and Lycopersicon, with one recorded host being the cultivated pomegranate Punica granatum.
