Deudorix dinochares

Deudorix dinochares, the apricot playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Africa, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, eastern Africa and south-west Arabia. In South Africa it is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal to Eswatini, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and Gauteng.

Apricot playboy
Male in Amanzimtoti, South Africa
Female in Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deudorix
Species:	D. dinochares
Binomial name
Deudorix dinochares Grose-Smith, 1887[1]
Synonyms
Virachola dinochares Deudorix (Virachola) dinochares Deudorix dieden Karsch, 1900 Deudorix dinochares var. rhodesiensis Stevenson, 1937

The wingspan is 24–30 mm for males and 26–32 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round with peaks from September to October and from March to May.^[2]

The larvae feed on the fruit of a wide range of plants such as: Combretum species (including C. zeyheri), Burkea species (including B. africana), Syzygium species (including S. cordatum), Gardenia species (including G. volkensii and G. neuberia), Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia, Acacia species (including A. stenocarpa), Dolichos, Lablab, Schotea, Macadamia, Coffea, Quisqualis, Schotia, Tamarindus, Vigna, Psidium, Prunus and Ximenia species.