Cerautola mittoni

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Cerautola mittoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cerautola
Species:
C. mittoni
Binomial name
Cerautola mittoni
(Jackson, 1964)
Synonyms
  • Hewitsonia mittoniJackson, 1964

Cerautola mittoni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Taxonomy

The species was previously treated as a synonym of Cerautola crippsi , but was raised to species status in 2013. [1]

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