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Stempfferia cercenoides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Stempfferia

Stempfferia cercenoides

Similar
  
Tetrarhanis, Ornipholidotos, Epitola, Pentila

Stempfferia cercenoides, the common epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.

References

Stempfferia cercenoides Wikipedia