| Cephetola obscura | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cephetola |
| Species: | C. obscura |
| Binomial name | |
| Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cephetola obscura, the obscure epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana and western Nigeria. [2] Its habitat consists of forests.
Cephetola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. All species are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Cephetola aureliae is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Cephetola australis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Mozambique.
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 mengoensis is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and Kenya.
Cephetola chari is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Central African Republic.
Cephetola ducarmei is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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 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 maculata, the macular epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Cephetola marci is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Cephetola martini is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. Its habitat consists of forests.
Cephetola nigeriae, the Nigerian epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. Its habitat consists of 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 rileyi is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Cephetola subcoerulea, the Roche's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). Its habitat consists of forests.
