Ornipholidotos tiassale

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Ornipholidotos tiassale
Western glasswing (Ornipholidotos tiassale) underside Ankasa.jpg
in Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species:
O. tiassale
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos tiassale
Stempffer, 1969 [1]

Ornipholidotos tiassale, the western glasswing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2]

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on Marantaceae species.

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 2012-09-26.