Biology:Cephetola cephena
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cephetola |
| Species: | C. cephena
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| Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
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Cephetola cephena, the cephena epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]
Subspecies
- Cephetola cephena cephena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)[3]
- Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)[4]
References
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- ↑ Cephetola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Williams, Mark C.. "Subtribe Epitolina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_epitolina.doc.
- ↑ "Cephetola cephena cephena (Hewitson, 1873)" (in en). http://abdb-africa.org/species/cephetola_cephena_cephena.
- ↑ "Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926)" (in en). http://abdb-africa.org/species/cephetola_cephena_entebbeana.
External links
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 e also (synonym) as leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903
Wikidata ☰ Q28063928 entry
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