''Torbenia'' 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 ...

, commonly called Zulus, in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. They are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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 ...

. The five species were formerly placed in ''

Ornipholidotos ''Ornipholidotos'' is a genus of butterflies, commonly called glasswings or white mimics, in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Species * '' Ornipholidotos abriana'' Libert, 2005 * '' Orniph ...

''. The genus is named after

Torben Bjørn Larsen Torben Bjørn Larsen (12 January 1944 – 21 May 2015) was a Danish economist and lepidopterist who studied butterflies particularly in Asia and Africa. He wrote books on the butterflies of west Africa, the Middle East and numerous papers, includi ...

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Torbenia''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms'' *''

Torbenia aurivilliusi ''Torbenia aurivilliusi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast ...

'' (Stempffer, 1967) *''

Torbenia larseni ''Torbenia larseni'', the Larsen's glasswing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern Nigeria and western Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: Républ ...

'' (Stempffer, 1969) *''

Torbenia persimilis ''Torbenia persimilis'', the Libert's glasswing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gab ...

'' Libert, 2000 *''

Torbenia stempfferi ''Torbenia stempfferi'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo ...

'' Collins & Larsen, 2000 *''

Torbenia wojtusiaki ''Torbenia wojtusiaki'', the Wojtusiak's glasswing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria. The habitat consists of forests. Adults feed on extrafloral nectaries on ''Marantochloa ''M ...

'' Libert, 2000

References

Poritiinae Butterfly genera {{Poritiinae-stub