Poritiinae

Subfamily of insects

Poritiinae

Poritia phama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae Doherty, 1886

Plate from Hamilton Herbert Druce's *Illustrations of African Lycaenidae*, figures 1-4: *Falcuna*, *Liptena*, *Cephetola* and *Geritola* are Poritiinae

Plate from *Illustrations of African Lycaenidae* genus *Pentila*

Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.

Systematics

Tribe Poritiini - Oriental
- Cyaniriodes de Nicéville, 1890 (sometimes placed in Lycaeninae)
- Poriskina Druce, 1895
- Poritia Moore, 1886
- Simiskina Distant, 1886
- Deramas Distant, 1886
Tribe Liptenini - Afrotropical (sometimes ranked as a subfamily: Lipteninae)
- Subtribe Pentilina
  - Alaena Boisduval, 1847
  - Ptelina Clench, 1965
  - Telipna Aurivillius, 1895
  - Liptenara Bethune-Baker, 1915
  - Pentila Westwood, 1851
  - Ornipholidotos Bethune-Baker, 1914
  - Torbenia Libert, 2000
- Subtribe Durbaniina
  - Durbania Trimen, 1862
  - Durbaniella van Son, 1959
  - Durbaniopsis van Son, 1959
- Subtribe Mimacraeina
  - Cooksonia Druce, 1905
  - Mimacraea Butler, 1872
  - Mimeresia Stempffer, 1961
- Subtribe Liptenina
  - Pseuderesia Butler, 1874
  - Teriomima Kirby, 1887
  - Euthecta Bennett, 1954
  - Baliochila Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  - Cnodontes Stempffer & Bennett, 1953
  - Congdonia Henning & Henning, 2004
  - Eresinopsides Strand, 1911
  - Eresina Aurivillius, 1898
  - Toxochitona Stempffer, 1956
  - Argyrocheila Staudinger, 1892
  - Citrinophila Kirby, 1887
  - Liptena Westwood, 1851
  - Obania Collins & Larsen, 1998
  - Kakumia Collins & Larsen, 1998
  - Falcuna Stempffer & Bennett, 1963
  - Tetrarhanis Karsch, 1893
  - Larinopoda Butler, 1871
  - Micropentila Aurivillius, 1895
- Subtribe Epitolina
  - Epitola Westwood, 1851
  - Cerautola Libert, 1999
  - Geritola Libert, 1999
  - Stempfferia Jackson, 1962
  - Cephetola Libert, 1999
  - Deloneura Trimen, 1868
  - Batelusia Druce, 1910
  - Tumerepedes Bethune-Baker, 1913
  - Pseudoneaveia Stempffer, 1964
  - Neaveia Druce, 1910
  - Epitolina Aurivillius, 1895
  - Hypophytala Clench, 1965
  - Phytala Westwood, 1851
  - Neoepitola Jackson, 1964
  - Aethiopana Bethune-Baker, 1915
  - Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871
  - Powellana Bethune-Baker, 1908
  - Iridana Aurivillius, 1921
  - Teratoneura Dudgeon, 1909