Iridana
Iridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
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| Genus: | Iridana Aurivillius, 1921 |
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The only known specimen of I. agneshorvathae was collected at light in Bia National Park in western Ghana from a dry semi-deciduous forest and is most probably a canopy species. It might or might not be endemic to the Ghana subregion of West Africa.[1]
Species
- Iridana agneshorvathae Collins, Larsen & Sáfián, 2008
- Iridana bwamba Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana euprepes (Druce. 1905)
- Iridana exquisita (Grose-Smith, 1898)
- Iridana gabunica Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana ghanana Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana hypocala Eltringham, 1929
- Iridana incredibilis (Staudinger, 1891)
- Iridana jacksoni Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana katera Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana marina Talbot, 1935
- Iridana nigeriana Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana obscura Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana perdita (Kirby, 1890)
- Iridana rougeoti Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana tororo Stempffer, 1964
- Iridana unyoro Stempffer, 1964
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References
External links
- "Iridana Aurivillius, 1921" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64
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