Oboronia ornata

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Oboronia ornata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oboronia
Species:
O. ornata
Binomial name
Oboronia ornata
(Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena ornata Mabille, 1890
  • Athysonota ornata
  • Liptena pseudosoyauxii Ehrmann, 1894
  • Oboronia ornata var. flava Holland, 1920
  • Athysonota ornata flava
  • Cupido (Oboronia) ornatus var. vestalis Aurivillius, 1895
  • Athysonota ornata vestalis

Oboronia ornata, the untailed ginger white, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 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 and .

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 the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)

References[]

  1. ^ Oboronia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13.


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