Ornipholidotos latimargo

Species of butterfly

Ornipholidotos latimargo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ornipholidotos
Species:	O. latimargo
Binomial name
*Ornipholidotos latimargo* (Hawker-Smith, 1933)^[1]
Synonyms
Pentila latimargo Hawker-Smith, 1933

Ornipholidotos latimargo is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Sudan, south-western Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the north-eastern and south-eastern parts of the country) and north-western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults mimic day-flying arctiid moths.

References

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^ Ornipholidotos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-28.