Biology:Oxylides faunus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Oxylides faunus | |
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| Kakum National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oxylides |
| Species: | O. faunus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)[1]
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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
External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.
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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxylides faunus. |
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Wikispecies has information related to Oxylides faunus |
- ↑ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_oxylidina.doc.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7115987 entry
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