Oboronia bueronica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Oboronia |
Species: | O. bueronica
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Binomial name | |
Oboronia bueronica |
Oboronia bueronica, the ginger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the southern coast of Kenya and in north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [2] 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.
Oboronia bueronica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Oboronia |
Species: | O. bueronica
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Binomial name | |
Oboronia bueronica |
Oboronia bueronica, the ginger blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the southern coast of Kenya and in north-eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. [2] 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.