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Cephetola mercedes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Genus
  
Cephetola

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Cephetola mercedes is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Cephetola mercedes mercedes (Nigeria: south and Cross River loop, western Cameroon)
  • Cephetola mercedes dejeani Libert, 1999 (central Cameroon)
  • Cephetola mercedes ivoriensis (Jackson, 1967) (Ivory Coast, Ghana)

    • References

    Cephetola mercedes Wikipedia
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