Oboronia guessfeldti

Oboronia guessfeldti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oboronia
Species: O. guessfeldti
Binomial name
Oboronia guessfeldti
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plebeius güssfeldti Dewitz, 1879

Oboronia guessfeldti, the 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 the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the 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.

References

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  1. Oboronia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)


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