Oboronia guessfeldti, the Güssfeldt's blue or Güssfeldt's ginger white, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Uele, Tshopo, Equateur, Sankuru and Lualaba), Uganda, western Kenya and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests, Guinea savanna and rarely also wet forests.

Oboronia guessfeldti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oboronia
Species:
O. guessfeldti
Binomial name
Oboronia guessfeldti
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plebeius güssfeldti Dewitz, 1879

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Costus (including Costus dewiveri) and possibly Zingiber species.

References

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  1. ^ Oboronia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-13.