Epitola posthumus

Epitola posthumus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitola
Species: E. posthumus
Binomial name
Epitola posthumus
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793
  • Epitola elion Westwood, 1851
  • Epitola belli Hewitson, 1874

Epitola posthumus, the common giant epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64


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