Oxylides faunus
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Oxylides faunus, the common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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[]
- Oxylides faunus faunus (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
- Oxylides faunus camerunica Libert, 2004 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)
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Wikispecies has information related to Oxylides faunus. |
- ^ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina
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- Butterflies described in 1773
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- Taxa named by Dru Drury
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