Biology:Oxylides faunus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Oxylides faunus
Common false head (Oxylides faunus faunus) female.jpg
Common false head (Oxylides faunus faunus) female underside.jpg
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oxylides
Species:
O. faunus
Binomial name
Oxylides faunus
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio faunus Drury, 1773
  • Hesperia hesiodus Fabricius, 1793

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

  1. ↑ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7115987 entry




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