Cerautola ceraunia

Cerautola ceraunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cerautola
Species: C. ceraunia
Binomial name
Cerautola ceraunia
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873
  • Cerautola (Cerautola) ceraunia
  • Epitola dewitzi Kirby, 1887

Cerautola ceraunia, the silvery epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded in February.

The larvae are associated with the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.

References

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  1. Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina


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