Falcuna orientalis
| Falcuna orientalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Falcuna |
| Species: | F. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Falcuna orientalis (Bethune-Baker, 1906)[1] | |
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Falcuna orientalis, the oriental marble, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.
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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- ↑ Falcuna at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Liptenina
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