Obania

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Obania
Species: O. subvariegata – O. tullia – O. tulliana
Name

Obania S.C. Collins & Larsen, 1998: 67.

Type Species: Liptena subvariegata Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890 3 (1): 43, pl. 11, figs 3, 4, by original designation.
References

Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page.
Collins, S.C., & Larsen, T.B., 1998. Two new genera and eight new species of African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) - ABRI research paper No. 1. Metamorphosis 9 (2): 66–85. pdf. Reference page.

Obania is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Obania is endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Obania subvariegata (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890)
Obania tullia (Staudinger, 1892)
Obania tulliana (Grose-Smith, 1901)

References

Obania at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms