Deudorix dariaves, the black-and-orange playboy, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

It is found from South Africa to Mozambique and to the coast of Kenya.

In South Africa it is found along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal and north along the escarpment foothill forests to Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

Adults are on wing year-round with peaks in September and from April to June.

[2] The larvae feed on the fruit of Deinbollia oblongifolia and Hyperacanthus amoenus.