Oxylides faunus

Oxylides faunus
Scientific classification
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 Lycaenidae family. 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

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