Falcuna libyssa

Falcuna libyssa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Falcuna
Species:	F. libyssa
Binomial name
Falcuna libyssa (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
Liptena libyssa Hewitson, 1866

Falcuna libyssa, the common marble, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Angola.^[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests with a canopy.

Adults of both sexes feed at extrafloral nectaries of Marantaceae and other creepers.

Subspecies[]

• Falcuna libyssa libyssa (eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon)
• Falcuna libyssa angolensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 (northern Angola)
• Falcuna libyssa cameroonica Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 (Cameroon: except the west, Equatorial Guinea: Mbini)

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