Poritiinae
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
| Poritiinae | |
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| Poritia phama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Poritiinae Doherty, 1886 |
Plate from Hamilton Herbert Druce's Illustrations of African Lycaenidae, figures 1-4: Falcuna, Liptena, Cephetola and Geritola are Poritiinae
Plate from Illustrations of African Lycaenidae genus Pentila
Systematics
- Tribe Poritiini - Oriental
- Cyaniriodes de Nicéville, 1890 (sometimes placed in Lycaeninae)
- Poriskina Druce, 1895
- Poritia Moore, 1886
- Simiskina Distant, 1886
- Deramas Distant, 1886
- Tribe Liptenini - Afrotropical (sometimes ranked as a subfamily: Lipteninae)
- Subtribe Pentilina
- Subtribe Durbaniina
- Durbania Trimen, 1862
- Durbaniella van Son, 1959
- Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959
- Subtribe Mimacraeina
- Subtribe Liptenina
- Pseuderesia Butler, 1874
- Teriomima Kirby, 1887
- Euthecta Bennett, 1954
- Baliochila Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Cnodontes Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
- Congdonia Henning & Henning, 2004
- Eresinopsides Strand, 1911
- Eresina Aurivillius, 1898
- Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956
- Argyrocheila Staudinger, 1892
- Citrinophila Kirby, 1887
- Liptena Westwood, 1851
- Obania Collins & Larsen, 1998
- Kakumia Collins & Larsen, 1998
- Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
- Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893
- Larinopoda Butler, 1871
- Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895
- Subtribe Epitolina
- Epitola Westwood, 1851
- Cerautola Libert, 1999
- Geritola Libert, 1999
- Stempfferia Jackson, 1962
- Cephetola Libert, 1999
- Deloneura Trimen, 1868
- Batelusia Druce, 1910
- Tumerepedes Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Pseudoneaveia Stempffer, 1964
- Neaveia Druce, 1910
- Epitolina Aurivillius, 1895
- Hypophytala Clench, 1965
- Phytala Westwood, 1851
- Neoepitola Jackson, 1964
- Aethiopana Bethune-Baker, 1915
- Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871
- Powellana Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Iridana Aurivillius, 1921
- Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909
References
External links
Media related to Poritiinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Poritiinae at Wikispecies- Indo-China Poritiinae
- Royal Museum for Central Africa Images of Liptenini (as Lipteninae)
- thaibugs.com
- Butterflies of Ghana
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