Oboronia ornata

Oboronia ornata
Scientific classification
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 Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of 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 fissiligulatus and Costus dubius.

Subspecies

References

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