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]

Deudorix isocrates
Deudorix isocrates Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Deudorix
Species:
D. isocrate
Binomial name
Deudorix isocrates
(Fabricius, 1793).[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia isocrates Fabricius, 1793
  • Hesperia pann Fabricius, 1793

The larvae feed on Randia dumetorum, Eriobotrya japonica, Psidium guajava, Tamarindus indica, Strychnos nux-vomica and Gardenia latifolia.

References
  1. Fabricius, J.C., 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta Vol. 3(1): [vi], pp. 1-488. C. G. Proft, Hafniae.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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