Torbenia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Pentilina
Genus: Torbenia
Species: T. aurivilliusi – T. larseni – T. persimilis – T. stempfferi – T. wojtusiaki
Name

Torbenia Libert, 2000.

Type species: Ornipholidotos larseni Stempffer, 1969 by original designation.
References

Libert, M., 2000. Le genre Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker au Cameroun. Descriptions du genre Torbenia n. gen. et de onze nouvelles espèces (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 105 (5): 433–466. Reference page.
Stempffer, H., 1969. Contribution a l’etude des Lycaenidae de la faune ethiopienne. Bulletin de la l’Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (A) 31: 87-101. Reference page.

Links

Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Torbenia Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

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

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

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