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Ornipholidotos tiassale

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Ornipholidotos tiassale
in Ghana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ornipholidotos
Species:
O. tiassale
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos tiassale

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

Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on Marantaceae species.

References

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  1. ^ Ornipholidotos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Pentilina". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-09-26.