Ornipholidotos peucetia, the large glasswing or white mimic, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern and south-eastern Africa.
The wingspan is 35âÂÂ37 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from November to May with a peak in late summer. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on cyanobacteria species.
Subspecies
- Ornipholidotos peucetia peucetia (south-western Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba, Haut-Shaba)
- Ornipholidotos peucetia peuceda <small>(Grose-Smith, 1889)</small> (southern Somalia, Kenya, eastern Tanzania)
- Ornipholidotos peucetia penningtoni <small>(Riley, 1944)</small> (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal to the north)
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