Iridana

Iridana
Iridana incredibilis figure 7
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Iridana Aurivillius, 1921
Synonyms
IridopsisAurivillius, 1898 (preocc.) IrisStaudinger, 1891 (preocc.)

Iridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

The only known specimen of I. agneshorvathae was collected at light in Bia National Park in western Ghana from a dry semi-deciduous forest and is most likely a canopy species. It may or may not be endemic to the Ghana subregion of West Africa. ^[1]

Species

• Iridana agneshorvathae Collins, Larsen & Sáfián, 2008
• Iridana bwamba Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana euprepes (Druce. 1905)
• Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898)
• Iridana gabunica Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana ghanana Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
• Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
• Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
• Iridana nigeriana Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana obscura Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana perdita (Kirby, 1890)
• Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
• Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964

References

1. African Butterfly Database

External links

• "Iridana Aurivillius, 1921" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64