Cephetola cephena

Cephetola cephena


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cephetola
Species:	C. cephena
Binomial name
*Cephetola cephena* (Hewitson, 1873)^[1]
Synonyms
Epitola cephena Hewitson, 1873 Epitola doleta Kirby, 1890 Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893 Phytala leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903 Epitola leonensis Bethune-Baker, 1904 Epitola entebbeana Bethune-Baker, 1926

Cephetola cephena, the Cephena Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2]

Subspecies

Cephetola cephena cephena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

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↑ Cephetola at funet.fi
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina

External links

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 e also (synonym) as leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903

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