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Stempfferia kholifa

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Stempfferia kholifa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stempfferia
Species:
S. kholifa
Binomial name
Stempfferia kholifa
Synonyms
  • Epitola kholifa Bethune-Baker, 1904
  • Stempfferia (Cercinia) kholifa

Stempfferia kholifa, the kholifa epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and western Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Stempfferia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina