Oboronia ornata
| Oboronia ornata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oboronia |
| Species: | O. ornata |
| Binomial name | |
| Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oboronia ornata, the Untailed Ginger White, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and Guinea savanna in riparian vegetation.
Both sexes are attracted to a small orange-flowered asteraceous plant without petals.
The larvae feed on Costus fissiligulatus and Costus dubius.
Subspecies
- Oboronia ornata ornata (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
- Oboronia ornata flava Holland, 1920 (Equatorial Guinea)
- Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895) (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
References
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- ↑ Oboronia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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