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Falcuna libyssa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Falcuna

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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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