| Deudorix penningtoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. penningtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Deudorix penningtoni van Son, 1949[1] |
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Pennington’s Playboy (Deudorix penningtoni) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from northern KwaZulu-Natal and southern Mpumalanga along the Lebombo foothills to the southern part of the Limpopo Province.
The wingspan is 20-23 mm for males and 20-26 mm for females. Adults are on year round with a peak from September to October in most of the range. In the Limpopo Province, there is one main generation with adults on wing from April to June[2].
The larvae feed on Acacia caffra and Acacia burkei, causing stem galls on the twigs.