Stempfferia michelae
| Stempfferia michelae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stempfferia |
| Species: | S. michelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Stempfferia michelae Libert, 1999[1] | |
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Stempfferia michelae, the Furry Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
A pupa and a pupal case were found on a leaf about 30 cm from a large carton nest of Crematogaster buchneri.
Subspecies
- Stempfferia michelae michelae (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)
- Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, north-western Democratic Republic of Congo, possibly Nigeria: Oban Hills)
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