Epitolina dispar

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Epitolina dispar
Common epitolina (Epitolina dispar) female underside Ankasa.jpg
In Ghana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species:
E. dispar
Binomial name
Epitolina dispar
(Kirby, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima disparKirby, 1887
  • Liptena mnestraMöschler, 1887
  • Teriomima dubiaKirby, 1890

Epitolina dispar, the common epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katako-Kombe and Sankuru), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. [2] Its habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the secretions of ant-attended coccids.

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References

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