Ornipholidotos paradoxa

Ornipholidotos paradoxa is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]

Ornipholidotos paradoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species:
O. paradoxa
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos paradoxa
Synonyms
  • Pentila paradoxa H. H. Druce, 1910

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. Savela, Markku (September 5, 2018). "Ornipholidotos paradoxa (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-25.


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