Obania subvariegata
| Obania subvariegata | |
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| Obania subvariegata figure 5 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Obania |
| Species: | O. subvariegata |
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| Obania subvariegata (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)[1] | |
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Obania subvariegata, the Mimic Obania, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
The species is associated with ant-trees.
Subspecies
- Obania subvariegata subvariegata (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Central African Republic)
- Obania subvariegata aliquantum (Druce, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo: Tshopo and Kasai)
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