Oboronia punctatus, the Common Ginger White, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests. Adults feed on the flowers of the larval host plant. The larvae feed on Costus dubius and Costus afer. They are associated with the ant species Pheidole aurivillii race kasaiensis and Pheidole rotundata.