Ornipholidotos

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Pentilina
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species: O. abriana – O. ackeryi – O. amieti – O. annae – O. aureliae – O. ayissii – O. bakotae – O. bitjeensis – O. boormani – O. camerunensis – O. carolinae – O. congoensis – O. dargei – O. dowsetti – O. ducarmei – O. emarginata – O. etoumbi – O. evoei – O. francisci – O. gabonensis – O. gemina – O. ghesquierei – O. ginettae – O. goodgerae – O. goodi – O. henrii – O. irwini – O. issia – O. ivoiriensis – O. jacksoni – O. jax – O. jolyana – O. josianae – O. katangae – O. kelle – O. kennedyi – O. kirbyi – O. kivu – O. latimargo – O. likouala – O. maesseni – O. mathildae – O. michelae – O. nancy – O. nbeti – O. ngura – O. nigeriae – O. ntebi – O. nympha – O. onitshae – O. oremansi – O. overlaeti – O. paradoxa – O. perfragilis – O. peucetia – O. sylpha – O. sylphida – O. sylviae – O. tanganyikae – O. teroensis – O. tessmani – O. tiassale – O. tirza – O. ugandae
Name

Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914: 319.

Type species: Pentila kirbyi Aurivillius, 1895, per Stempffer, 1967: 22, replacing Pentila muhata Dewitz, 1886: 428.
References

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1914b. Notes on the taxonomic value of the genital armature in Lepidoptera. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 62(2): 314-338, ill. Reference page.
Dewitz, H., [1887]. Neue westafrikanische Tagschmetterlinge. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 30(2): 427–430, pl.2, figs 1-9. text, plate. Reference page.
Kielland, J., 1983. Some new butterflies from Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist’s Record and Journal of Variation 95(5-6): 107–110. Reference page.
Kielland, J., 1987. Some new Rhopalocera from eastern Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae). Lambillionea 87(3-4): 38–45. Reference page.
Libert, M., 2000. Le genre Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker au Cameroun. Descriptions du genre Torbenia n. gen. et de onze nouvelles espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 105 (5): 433–466. Reference page.
Libert, M., 2005. Révision des genres Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker et Torbenia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi, Kenya and Lambillionea, Tervuren, Belgium. pp. 1-174. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.

Links

Type images: RMCA.
Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Ornipholidotos Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Ornipholidotos is a genus of butterflies, commonly called glasswings or white mimics,[2] in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

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 bitjeensis Stempffer, 1957
Ornipholidotos boormani Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos carolinae Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos congoensis Stempffer, 1964
Ornipholidotos dargei Libert, 2000
Ornipholidotos dowsetti Collins & Larsen, 2000
Ornipholidotos ducarmei Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos emarginata (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Ornipholidotos etoumbi Stempffer, 1967
Ornipholidotos evoei Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos francisci Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos gabonensis Stempffer, 1947
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 issia Stempffer, 1969
Ornipholidotos ivoiriensis Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos jacksoni Stempffer, 1961
Ornipholidotos jax Collins & Larsen, 1998
Ornipholidotos jolyana Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos josianae Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos katangae Stempffer, 1947
Ornipholidotos kelle Stempffer, 1967
Ornipholidotos kennedyi Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos kirbyi (Aurivillius, 1895)
Ornipholidotos kivu Collins & Larsen, 2000
Ornipholidotos latimargo (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Ornipholidotos likouala Stempffer, 1969
Ornipholidotos maesseni Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos mathildae Libert, 2000
Ornipholidotos michelae Libert, 2000
Ornipholidotos muhata (Dewitz, 1886)
Ornipholidotos nancy Collins & Larsen, 2000
Ornipholidotos nbeti Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos nguru Kielland, 1987
Ornipholidotos nigeriae Stempffer, 1964
Ornipholidotos ntebi (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
Ornipholidotos nympha Libert, 2000
Ornipholidotos onitshae Stempffer, 1962
Ornipholidotos oremansi Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos overlaeti Stempffer, 1947 – Overlaet's glasswing
Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910)
Ornipholidotos perfragilis (Holland, 1890)
Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866) – large glasswing, white mimic
Ornipholidotos sylpha (Kirby, 1890)
Ornipholidotos sylphida (Staudinger, 1892)
Ornipholidotos sylviae Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos tanganyikae Kielland, 1983
Ornipholidotos teroensis Stempffer, 1957
Ornipholidotos tessmani Libert, 2005
Ornipholidotos tiassale Stempffer, 1969
Ornipholidotos tirza (Hewitson, 1873)
Ornipholidotos ugandae Stempffer, 1947

References

Media related to Ornipholidotos at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ornipholidotos at Wikispecies

"Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.

Libert, M. (2000) Le genre Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker au Cameroun. Descriptions du genre Torbenia n. gen. et de onze nouvelles espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 105 (5):433-466.
Libert, M. (2005) Révision des Ornipholidotos et Torbenia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I. & Lambillionea, Nairobi, Kenya & Tervuren, Belgium.
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 61