Cephetola subcoerulea

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Cephetola subcoerulea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cephetola
Species:
C. subcoerulea
Binomial name
Cephetola subcoerulea
(Roche, 1954) [1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola subcoeruleaRoche, 1954

Cephetola subcoerulea, the Roche's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Gambia, Senegal (Basse Casamance), Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, eastern Nigeria, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko). [2] Its habitat consists of forests.

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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.