Stempfferia michelae

Stempfferia michelae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stempfferia
Species: S. michelae
Binomial name
Stempfferia michelae
Libert, 1999[1]
Synonyms
  • Stempfferia (Cercenia) michelae

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.

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References

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