Ornipholidotos peucetia

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| taxon = Ornipholidotos peucetia

| authority = (Hewitson, 1866)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/ornipholidotos/index.html Ornipholidotos] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms = * Pentila peucetia Hewitson, 1866

  • Larinopoda peuceda Grose-Smith, 1889
  • Pentila peucetia chyuluensis van Someren, 1939
  • Pentila peucetia orientalis Storace, 1947
  • Pentila peucetia penningtoni Riley, 1944

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Ornipholidotos peucetia, the large glasswing or white mimic, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. 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.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

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)

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