Oboronia
Athysanota currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym, The Ginger Whites
Andrew V. Z. Brower- Oboronia albicosta
- Oboronia bueronica
- Oboronia guessfeldti
- Oboronia liberiana
- Oboronia ornata
- Oboronia pseudopunctatus
- Oboronia punctatus
Introduction
A small African forest genus. Larsen (2005) synonymized Athysonota because its sole species (O. ornata differs from other members of Oboronia only by its lack of tails, a feature that is variable in numerous other polyommatine genera.
References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.
Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
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