| Geritola virginea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Geritola |
| Species: | G. virginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Geritola virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Geritola virginea, the black-wing epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. [2] The habitat consists of forests.
The superfamily Papilionoidea contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies, with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species.
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies. The common name "metalmarks" refers to the small, metallic-looking spots commonly found on their wings. The 1,532 species are placed in 146 genera. Although mostly Neotropical in distribution, the family is also represented both in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Australasian (Dicallaneura), Afrotropic, and Indomalayan realms.
Miletinae is a subfamily of the family Lycaenidae of butterflies, commonly called harvesters and woolly legs, and virtually unique among butterflies in having predatory larvae. Miletinae are entirely aphytophagous. The ecology of the Miletinae is little understood, but adults and larvae live in association with ants, and most known species feed on Hemiptera, though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves. The butterflies, ants, and hemipterans, in some cases, seem to have complex symbiotic relationships benefiting all.
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
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 concepcion is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
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 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 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 nitide is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon.
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 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.
