Cephetola pinodes

Cephetola pinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cephetola
Species:	C. pinodes
Binomial name
Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
Epitola pinodes Druce, 1890 Epitola conjuncta Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893 Epitola conjuncta budduana Talbot, 1937

Cephetola pinodes, Druce’s Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2]

Subspecies

• Cephetola pinodes pinodes (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)
• Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

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External links

• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 a