Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Oboronia | |
Oboronia bueronica, the ginger blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found along the southern coast of Kenya and in north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of dense forests.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
The larvae feed on Costus species. They are associated with very small unidentified dark brown ants.
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