Ornipholidotos tiassale

Ornipholidotos tiassale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species: O. tiassale
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos tiassale
Stempffer, 1969[1]

Ornipholidotos tiassale, the western glasswing, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2]

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on Marantaceae species.

References

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


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