Oxylides bella
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| Oxylides bella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Oxylides |
| Species: | O. bella |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxylides bella Aurivillius, 1899[1] | |
Oxylides bella is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It is very close to Oxylides faunus differing in that the hindwing beneath at the anal angle between the anal spots and the distal transverse line in the areas 1 b to 2 is extensively suffused with yellow. The discal line beneath from the costal margin of the forewing to vein 3 of the hindwing black, behind it yellow.[3]
