Epitolina melissa

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Epitolina melissa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species:
E. melissa
Binomial name
Epitolina melissa
(H. H. Druce, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Teriomima melissaH. H. Druce, 1888
  • Teriomima cordeliaKirby, 1890

Epitolina melissa, the powdered epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1888. [1] 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 (Shaba to Kafakumba and Kapanga), Uganda and north-western Tanzania. [2] Its habitat consists of forests.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 31, 2016). "Epitolina melissa (Druce, 1888)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.