Ornipholidotos peucetia

Ornipholidotos peucetia, the large glasswing or white mimic, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.

Ornipholidotos peucetia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ornipholidotos
Species:	O. peucetia
Binomial name
Ornipholidotos peucetia (Hewitson, 1866)[1]
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

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.^[2]

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)