Oboronia bueronica
Oboronia bueronica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Oboronia |
Species: | O. bueronica
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Binomial name | |
Oboronia bueronica |
Oboronia bueronica, the ginger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the southern coast of Kenya and in north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of dense forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Costus species. They are associated with very small unidentified dark brown ants.
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oboronia bueronica. |
Wikispecies has information related to Oboronia bueronica. |
- ^ Oboronia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1895
- Polyommatini
- Butterflies of Africa
- Polyommatini stubs