Falcuna orientalis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Falcuna |
Species: | F. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Falcuna orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)[1]
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Falcuna orientalis, the oriental marble, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- 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
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- ^ Falcuna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina". Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2012-10-08.