Poritiinae

Poritiinae
Poritia phama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Poritiinae
Doherty, 1886
Genera

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plate from Druce Illustrations of African Lycaenidae Figs 1 -4 Falcuna, Liptena, Cephetola and Geritola are Poritiinae
plate from Druce Illustrations of African Lycaenidae Genus Pentila

Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.

Systematics

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