Epitolina dispar

Epitolina dispar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species: E. dispar
Binomial name
Epitolina dispar
(Kirby, 1887)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima dispar Kirby, 1887
  • Liptena mnestra Möschler, 1887
  • Teriomima dubia Kirby, 1890

Epitolina dispar, the common epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katako-Kombe and Sankuru), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of primary and secondary forests.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the secretions of ant-attended coccids.

References

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


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