Epitolina catori

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Epitolina catori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species: E. catori
Binomial name
Epitolina catori
Bethune-Baker, 1904[1]

Epitolina catori, the Red-patch Epitolina, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Epitolina catori catori (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
  • Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

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