Oxylides faunus

Oxylides faunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oxylides
Species:	O. faunus
Binomial name
	Oxylides faunus; (Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
	Papilio faunus Drury, 1773; Hesperia hesiodus Fabricius, 1793;

Oxylides faunus, the Common False Head, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cameroon.^[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

Subspecies

Oxylides faunus faunus (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria)
Oxylides faunus camerunica Libert, 2004 (Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon)