Ornipholidotos
Encyclopedia
Ornipholidotos is a genus of butterfly
, commonly called glasswings or white mimics, in the family Lycaenidae
found mainly in Africa
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Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
, commonly called glasswings or white mimics, in the family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
found mainly in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Species
- Ornipholidotos peucetiaOrnipholidotos peucetiaThe Large Glasswing or White Mimic is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa....
(Hewitson, 1866) – Large Glasswing, White Mimic - Ornipholidotos muhata (Dewitz, 1886)
- Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
- Ornipholidotos emarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
- Ornipholidotos gabonensis Stempffer, 1947
- Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
- Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
- Ornipholidotos camerunensis Stempffer, 1964
- Ornipholidotos congoensis Stempffer, 1964
- Ornipholidotos bitjeensis Stempffer, 1957
- Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
- Ornipholidotos nigeriae Stempffer, 1964
- Ornipholidotos onitshae Stempffer, 1962
- Ornipholidotos overlaeti Stempffer, 1947 – Overlaet's Glasswing
- Ornipholidotos tirza (Hewitson, 1873)
- Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910)
- Ornipholidotos perfragilis (Holland, 1890)
- Ornipholidotos sylpha (Kirby, 1890)
- Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
- Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947
- Ornipholidotos likouala Stempffer, 1969
- Ornipholidotos issia Stempffer, 1969
- Ornipholidotos tiassale Stempffer, 1969
- Ornipholidotos kelle Stempffer, 1967
- Ornipholidotos etoumbi Stempffer, 1967
- Ornipholidotos abriana Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos ackeryi Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos amieti Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos annae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos aureliae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos ayissii Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos bakotae Stempffer, 1962
- Ornipholidotos boormani Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos carolinae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos dargei Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos dowsetti Collins & Larsen, 2000
- Ornipholidotos ducarmei Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos evoei Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos francisci Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos gemina Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos ghesquierei Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos ginettae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos goodgerae Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos henrii Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos irwini Collins & Larsen, 1998
- Ornipholidotos ivoiriensis Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos jax Collins & Larsen, 1998
- Ornipholidotos jolyana Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos josianae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos kennedyi Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos kivu Collins & Larsen, 2000
- Ornipholidotos maesseni Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos mathildae Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos michelae Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos nancy Collins & Larsen, 2000
- Ornipholidotos nbeti Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos nguru Kielland, 1987
- Ornipholidotos nympha Libert, 2000
- Ornipholidotos oremansi Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos sylphida (Staudinger, 1892)
- Ornipholidotos sylviae Libert, 2005
- Ornipholidotos tanganyikae Kielland, 1983
- Ornipholidotos tessmani Libert, 2005