Oxylides faunus
Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Oxylides
Species:	O. faunus
Binomial name
Oxylides faunus (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio faunus Drury, 1773 Hesperia hesiodus Fabricius, 1793

Oxylides faunus, the common false head, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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)