Cephetola mercedes

Cephetola mercedes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cephetola
Species:	C. mercedes
Binomial name
Cephetola mercedes (Suffert, 1904) [1]
Synonyms
Epitola mercedesSuffert, 1904 Epitola ivoriensisJackson, 1967

Cephetola mercedes is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. ^[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Cephetola mercedes mercedes (Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
• Cephetola mercedes dejeaniLibert, 1999 (central Cameroon)
• Cephetola mercedes ivoriensis(Jackson, 1967) (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

References

1. Cephetola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.