Falcuna libyssa
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Falcuna libyssa, the common marble, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Angola.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests with a canopy.
Adults of both sexes feed at extrafloral nectaries of Marantaceae and other creepers.
Subspecies
- Falcuna libyssa libyssa (eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon)
- Falcuna libyssa angolensis Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 (northern Angola)
- Falcuna libyssa cameroonica Stempffer & Bennett, 1963 (Cameroon: except the west, Equatorial Guinea: Mbini)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Falcuna libyssa.
- ^ Falcuna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
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