Oxylides faunus
| Oxylides faunus | |
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| Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oxylides |
| Species: | O. faunus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxylides faunus | |
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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.
Subspecies
- 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
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- ↑ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina
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