Lamprolenis is a monotypic butterfly genus of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

[1] The figure ( see plate right c ) shows the characteristic of the species, a wonderful green reflection, which gradually changes distad into a more intensive and.

The very rare female is essentially larger, paler brown, the hindwing shows only slight traces of the metallic sheen, but is instead ornamented with a very large black ocellus with brown-yellow border, which is always well developed on the forewing also.

In the males as n the example figured, the anal ocellus on the upperside of the hindwing s commonly absent.

According to Hagen the species flies in the woods at Astrolabe Bay in March.