Oboronia ornata

Oboronia ornata, the untailed ginger white, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Oboronia ornata
O. o. ornata, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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

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

The larvae feed on Costus fissiligulatus and C. dubius.