Oboronia ornata

Oboronia ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oboronia
Species:	O. ornata
Binomial name
Oboronia ornata (Mabille, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Lycaena ornata Mabille, 1890 Athysonota ornata Liptena pseudosoyauxii Ehrmann, 1894 Oboronia ornata var. flava Holland, 1920 Athysonota ornata flava Cupido (Oboronia) ornatus var. vestalis Aurivillius, 1895 Athysonota ornata vestalis

Oboronia ornata, the untailed ginger white, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests and Guinea savanna in riparian vegetation.

Both sexes are attracted to a small orange-flowered asteraceous plant without petals.

The larvae feed on Costus fissiligulatus and C. dubius.

Subspecies

• Oboronia ornata ornata (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Oboronia ornata flava Holland, 1920 (Equatorial Guinea)
• Oboronia ornata vestalis (Aurivillius, 1895) (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)

References

1. Oboronia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)