Ornipholidotos latimargo

Ornipholidotos latimargo
Scientific classification
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 latimargo Hawker-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


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