Oxylides albata

Oxylides albata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oxylides
Species:	O. albata
Binomial name
	Oxylides albata; (Aurivillius, 1895)
Synonyms
	Hypolycaena faunus var. albata Aurivillius, 1895;

Oxylides albata, Aurivillius’ Common False Head, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mongala, Uele, Tshopo, Ituri and Equateur), western Uganda and Rwanda.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.