Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius

Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.

Iridana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Apaturopsis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae.

Micropentila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics.

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Epitolina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Confusingly, it is also the name of a subtribe within the subfamily Poritiinae and the tribe Liptenini.

Eresina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

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Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.

Hemiolaus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.

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Proctocerini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1921. It contains a single genus, Proctocera, described by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat in 1855. That genus contains the following species:

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Parevander is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:

Telipna is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

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Hyborhabdini is a beetle tribe in the family Cerambycidae described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911. Its only genus, Hyborhabdus, and only species, Hyborhabdus singularis, were described by the same author in the same year.

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Neptidopsis is a genus of nymphalid butterflies found in Africa, commonly called false sailers or sailors.

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Pselaphelia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1904.

Decachorda is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1898.

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Fernandocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

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Mesoxantha is a genus of nymphalid butterflies. It is monotypic, containing only Mesoxantha ethosea, the '''Drury's delight'''. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique. The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.

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Lipaphnaeus is an Afrotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1916.

Calopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Calopieris eulimene, which is found in Egypt (Gebel Elba Protected Area), Chad, Sudan, the Red Sea coast, western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

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Acrojana is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae.

Hemijana is a genus of moths in the family Eupterotidae.

Xanthodisca is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Paronymus, the large darts, is an Afrotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Trichiolaus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Other sources treat it as a subgenus of Iolaus. It occurs in Madagascar.

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Dinometa is an Afrotropical genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. It was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1927, containing at the time only the species Dinometa maputuana, originally described by Wichgraf in 1906 as Gastroplakaeis maputuana. Two additional species, Dinometa abigailae and Dinometa ethani, were described in 2024 by Alexey Prozorov et al.

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Drepanojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its single species, Drepanojana fasciata, is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1893.

Cyrtojana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae. Its only species, Cyrtojana trilineata, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1911.

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Opoptera is a genus of South American butterflies formerly considered to be part of the genus Opsiphanes. thumbnail|left|200px thumbnail|left|200px

Chrysopoloma is a genus of moths in the subfamily Chrysopolominae. It is the type genus of the subfamily.

Harmilla is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. It contains only one species, Harmilla elegans, the elegant forester, which is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The habitat consists of swamp forests with a dense understorey.