| Geritola nitide | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Geritola |
| Species: | G. nitide |
| Binomial name | |
| Geritola nitide (H. H. Druce, 1910) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Geritola nitide is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon. [2]
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846–1913) who also worked on Lepidoptera.
Geritola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Geritola albomaculata, the white-spotted epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Cameroon.
Geritola amieti is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.
Geritola cyanea is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Geritola daveyi, the Davey's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and along the coast of Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.
Geritola dubia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Geritola frankdaveyi, the Warri epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests.
Geritola gerina, the Gerina epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Geritola goodii, the Good's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
Geritola jackiana is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Geritola larae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of the Congo.
Geritola liana is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.
Geritola mirifica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.
Geritola nitidica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.
Geritola prouvosti is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Geritola zelica is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon and Uganda.
Geritola subargentea, the silvery epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. Its habitat is the forest.
Lachnocnema luna, or Druce's large woolly legs, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
