''Larinopoda'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are
endemic to the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
.
Species
*''
Larinopoda aspidos''
Druce, 1890
*''
Larinopoda batesi''
Bethune-Baker, 1926
*''
Larinopoda eurema''
(Plötz, 1880)
*''
Larinopoda lagyra''
(Hewitson, 1866)
*''
Larinopoda lircaea''
(Hewitson, 1866)
*''
Larinopoda tera''
(Hewitson, 1873)
References
Poritiinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
{{Poritiinae-stub