Oboronia guessfeldti
| Oboronia guessfeldti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oboronia |
| Species: | O. guessfeldti |
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| Oboronia guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)[1] | |
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Oboronia guessfeldti, Güssfeldt’s Blue or Güssfeldt’s Ginger White, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, Guinea savanna and rarely also wet forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Costus (including Costus dewiveri) and possibly Zingiber species.
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- ↑ Oboronia, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)