Biology:Oboronia liberiana

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Oboronia liberiana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oboronia
Species:
O. liberiana
Binomial name
Oboronia liberiana
Stempffer, 1950[1]

Oboronia liberiana, the Liberian ginger white, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

Adults are attracted to the flowers of the larval host plant.

The larvae feed on Costus afer.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7075302 entry