Oenomaus andi

Oenomaus andi
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oenomaus
Species:	O. andi
Binomial name
	Oenomaus andi; Busby & Faynel, 2012

Oenomaus andi is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It occurs in montane forest (at altitudes above 1,300 meters) from Ecuador to Bolivia.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 16.3 mm for males and 16.7 mm for females. Adult males and females are attracted to traps baited with rotting fish.

Etymology[]

The species is named for Andrea (Andi) Busby, wife of Robert Busby.

References[]

^ Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.

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[1] Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.

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