Ornipholidotos

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Ornipholidotos
Western glasswing (Ornipholidotos tiassale) underside Ankasa.jpg
O. tiassale in Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Liptenini
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Bethune-Baker, 1914 [1]

Ornipholidotos is a genus of butterflies, commonly called glasswings or white mimics, [2] in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Species

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References

  1. "Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN   978-1-86872-724-7.