Cephetola nigra

Cephetola nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cephetola
Species: C. nigra
Binomial name
Cephetola nigra
(Bethune-Baker, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola nigra Bethune-Baker, 1903

Cephetola nigra, Bethune-Baker’s Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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