Falcuna orientalis

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

Falcuna orientalis, the oriental marble, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

Falcuna orientalis orientalis (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

Falcuna orientalis bwamba Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 (Uganda: Bwamba Valley, Democratic Republic of the Congo: east to Ituri, Kivu and Maniema)

References

Falcuna orientalis Wikipedia

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