Oxylides albata, Aurivillius' common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Ituri and Equateur), western Uganda and Rwanda.[2]

Oxylides albata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oxylides
Species:
O. albata
Binomial name
Oxylides albata
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena faunus var. albata Aurivillius, 1895

Description

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Seitz Fauna Africana Taf 67

albata Auriv. ( = feminina E. Sharpe [not a synonym = Oxylides feminina Sharpe, 1904)] (67 a) only deviates [from Oxylides faunus ] by the hindwing above being at the proximal margin at least in la white or greyish-white, and at the anal angle much broader white; in the female the white marginal band in area is at least 4 mm broad, and reaches anteriorly to vein 6. Congo District and Uganda. [3]

Images

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External images from Royal Museum of Central Africa.

Biology

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The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina
  3. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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