Cephetola cephena
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cephetola |
| Species: | C. cephena
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| Cephetola cephena | |
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Cephetola cephena, the cephena epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Cephetola cephena cephena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)[3]
- Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)[4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cephetola cephena.
Wikispecies has information related to Cephetola cephena.
- ^ Cephetola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson, 1873)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
External links
[edit]- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 e also (synonym) as leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903