Ornipholidotos katangae

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Ornipholidotos katangae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species: O. katangae
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos katangae
Stempffer, 1947[1]

Ornipholidotos katangae is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Ornipholidotos katangae katangae (Democratic Republic of Congo, north-western Zambia)
  • Ornipholidotos katangae reducta Libert, 2005 (northern and north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References


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