Stempfferia michelae

Updated on Dec 30, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stempfferia
Similar Tuxentius carana, Megalopalpus zymna, Pentila pauli, Iolaus timon, Pseudacraea semire

Stempfferia michelae, the furry epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

A pupa and a pupal case were found on a leaf about 30 cm from a large carton nest of Crematogaster buchneri.

Subspecies

Stempfferia michelae michelae (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria)

Stempfferia michelae centralis Libert, 1999 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Angola, north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Nigeria: Oban Hills)

References

Stempfferia michelae Wikipedia

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