Neha Patil (Editor)

Ornipholidotos peucetia

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Ornipholidotos peucetia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ornipholidotos

Rank
  
Subspecies

Ornipholidotos peucetia httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Ornipholidotos, Colotis vesta, Chloroselas, Lachnocnema, Pinacopteryx eriphia

Ornipholidotos peucetia, the large glasswing or white mimic, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

The wingspan is 35–37 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from November to May with a peak in late summer. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on cyanobacteria species.

Subspecies

  • Ornipholidotos peucetia peucetia (south-western Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Haut-Shaba)
  • Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda (Grose-Smith, 1889) (southern Somalia, Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
  • Ornipholidotos peucetia penningtoni (Riley, 1944) (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal to the north)

    • References

    Ornipholidotos peucetia Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA