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, the Druce's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the 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 the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)

References

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


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