Oxylides bella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oxylides
Species:
O. bella
Binomial name
Oxylides bella

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]

References

  1. โ†‘ Oxylides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. โ†‘ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina
  3. โ†‘ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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