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Iridana

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Iridana
Iridana incredibilis figure 7
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Poritiinae
Genus: Iridana
Aurivillius, 1921
Synonyms
  • Iridopsis Aurivillius, 1898 (preocc.)
  • Iris Staudinger, 1891 (preocc.)

Iridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

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]

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