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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)

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