Falcuna libyssa

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Falcuna

Falcuna libyssa, the common marble, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Angola. 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

Falcuna libyssa Wikipedia

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