| Cephetola mengoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cephetola |
| Species: | C. mengoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cephetola mengoensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Kenya. [2]
Poritiinae is a subfamily of butterflies, the larvae of which are unusual for feeding on algae and foliate lichen.
Cerautola semibrunnea, the semibrown epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forests.
Cerautola crowleyi, the Crowley's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. Its habitat consists of forests.
Cephetola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. All species are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Cephetola catuna is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Adults females oviposit on lichens on the bark of twigs and tree trunks. The larvae are attended by ants.
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.
Cephetola mercedes is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. Its habitat consists of forests.
Cephetola viridana is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, north-western Tanzania and Zambia. Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Cephetola eliasis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Cephetola izidori is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Cephetola kamengensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya and north-western Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forest edges and gallery forests at altitudes ranging from 900 to 1,200 metres.
Cephetola katerae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, western Tanzania and Zambia. Its habitat consists of forests, including riparian forests.
Cephetola kiellandi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.
Cephetola mariae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Cephetola mpangensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda, north-western Tanzania and Kenya. Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Cephetola orientalis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania north-west and western Kenya. Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Cephetola pinodes, or Druce's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.
Cephetola sublustris, the greasy epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forests.
Cephetola vinalli is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.
