Biology:Cerautola ceraunia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Cerautola ceraunia
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Cerautola
Species:
C. ceraunia
Binomial name
Cerautola ceraunia
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873[2]
  • Epitola dewitzi Kirby, 1887

Cerautola ceraunia, the silvery epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[3] Its habitat consists of forests.

Adults have been recorded in February.

The larvae are associated with the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.

References

  1. Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Hewitson, W. C. (1873). "Description of Six New Species of Epitola from the West Coast of Africa". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 10: 149–150. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9271475. 
  3. Williams, Mark C.. "Subtribe Epitolina". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_epitolina.doc. .docx icon.svgDOC

Wikidata ☰ Q5063881 entry