Ornipholidotos latimargo

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Ornipholidotos latimargo
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species:
O. latimargo
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos latimargo
(Hawker-Smith, 1933) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pentila latimargoHawker-Smith, 1933

Ornipholidotos latimargo is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Sudan, south-western Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the north-eastern and south-eastern parts of the country) and north-western Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults mimic day-flying arctiid moths.

References

  1. Ornipholidotos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-28.