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Torbenia
Torbenia is a genus of butterfly, commonly called Zulus, in the family Lycaenidae. They are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. The five species were formerly placed in Ornipholidotos.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Torbenia larseni
speciesTorbenia larseni
Torbenia wojtusiaki
speciesTorbenia wojtusiaki
Torbenia stempfferi
speciesTorbenia stempfferi
Torbenia persimilis
speciesTorbenia persimilis
Torbenia aurivilliusi
speciesTorbenia aurivilliusi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Torbenia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149149.