| Obania | |
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| Obania subvariegata as Liptena subvariegata figures 3 and 4 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Poritiinae |
| Genus: | Obania Collins & Larsen, 1998 [1] |
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