Oenomaus andi

Oenomaus andi
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oenomaus
Species:	O. andi
Binomial name
	Oenomaus andi; Busby & Faynel, 2012

Oenomaus andi is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It occurs in montane forest (at altitudes above 1,300 meters) from Ecuador to Bolivia.^[1]

The length of the forewings is 16.3 mm for males and 16.7 mm for females. Adult males and females are attracted to traps baited with rotting fish.

Etymology edit

The species is named for Andrea (Andi) Busby, wife of Robert Busby.

References edit

^ Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.

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[1] Faynel, C.; Busby, R. C.; Robbins, R. (2012). "Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini)". ZooKeys (222): 11–45. doi:10.3897/zookeys.222.3375. PMC 3459029. PMID 23129985.

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