Powellana

Powellana cottoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Powellana
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Species: P. cottoni
Binomial name
Powellana cottoni
Bethune-Baker, 1908[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Satyrimima Holland, 1913

Species:

  • Satyrimima weberi Holland, 1913
  • Powellana virginea Birket-Smith, 1960

Powellana is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics. Powellana is monotypic, containing the single species Powellana cottoni found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Equateur and Sankuru) and Uganda (from the western part of the country to the Bwamba Valley).[2]

References

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