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Subfamily: Lipteninae
Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Liptenini
Baliochila
Cnodontes
Cooksonia
One species indigenous to southern Africa: Cooksonia neavei
Deloneura
Durbania
Durbaniella
One species found in southern Africa: Durbaniella clarki (Clark's rocksitter)
Durbaniopsis
One species found in southern Africa: Durbaniopsis saga (Boland rocksitter)
Euthecta
One species found in southern Africa: Euthecta cooksoni
Mimacraea
Two species found in southern Africa: Mimacraea marshalli and Mimacraea neokoton
Teriomima
Tribe: Pentilini
Alaena
Ornipholidotos
One species: Ornipholidotos peucetia, native to the extreme northern KwaZulu-Natal
Pentila
VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.