Cephetola cephena
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Lycaenidae |
| Genus: |
Cephetola |
| Species: |
C. cephena |
| Binomial name |
Cephetola cephena
(Hewitson, 1873)[1] |
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| Synonyms |
- Epitola cephena Hewitson, 1873
- Epitola doleta Kirby, 1890
- Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893
- Phytala leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903
- Epitola leonensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
- Epitola entebbeana Bethune-Baker, 1926
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Cephetola cephena, the Cephena Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]
Subspecies
- Cephetola cephena cephena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
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