Falcuna orientalis

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.

Falcuna orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Falcuna
Species:
F. orientalis
Binomial name
Falcuna orientalis
Synonyms
  • Liptena libyssa orientalis Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Liptena libyssa var. confluens Grünberg, 1908

Subspecies
  • 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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  1. Falcuna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina


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