Torbenia

Genus of butterflies

For the crustacean genus originally named Torbenia, see Torbenella.

Torbenia

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Subfamily:  | Poritiinae
Genus:  | Torbenia
Libert, 2000

Torbenia is a genus of butterflies, commonly called Zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The five species were formerly placed in Ornipholidotos. The genus is named after Torben Bjørn Larsen.

## Species

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Listed alphabetically:[1]

* Torbenia aurivilliusi (Stempffer, 1967)
* Torbenia larseni (Stempffer, 1969)
* Torbenia persimilis Libert, 2000
* Torbenia stempfferi Collins & Larsen, 2000
* Torbenia wojtusiaki Libert, 2000

## References

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1. ^ Torbenia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

Taxon identifiers

Torbenia|

* Wikidata: Q7825475
* Wikispecies: Torbenia
* BioLib: 624830
* ButMoth: 31855.0
* GBIF: 3257080
* iNaturalist: 149149
* NCBI: 1124590
* WoRMS: 387321

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