Epitola urania

Epitola urania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitola
Species: E. urania
Binomial name
Epitola urania
Kirby, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola urania tanganikensis Joicey and Talbot, 1921

Epitola urania, the purple giant epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2]

References

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


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