Ornipholidotos paradoxa

Ornipholidotos paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species: O. paradoxa
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos paradoxa
(Druce, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pentila paradoxa Druce, 1910

Ornipholidotos paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]

Subspecies

  • Ornipholidotos paradoxa paradoxa (Cameroon, Congo)
  • Ornipholidotos paradoxa centralis Libert, 2005 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Ornipholidotos paradoxa orientis Libert, 2005 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

  1. Ornipholidotos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina


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