Oxylides faunus
Appearance
Oxylides faunus | |
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Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Oxylides |
Species: | O. faunus
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Binomial name | |
Oxylides faunus | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxylides faunus, the common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
Images
[edit]External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
Subspecies
[edit]- Oxylides faunus faunus (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Oxylides faunus camerunica Libert, 2004 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxylides faunus.
Wikispecies has information related to Oxylides faunus.
- ^ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina
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