Falcuna libyssa

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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 Lycaenidae family. 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)

References


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