Cerautola miranda
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cerautola |
| Species: | C. miranda
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| Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)[1]
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Cerautola miranda, the wondrous 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, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of forests and forest edges.
Subspecies
[edit]- Cerautola miranda miranda (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)[3]
- Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Cerautola miranda.
- ^ Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola miranda miranda (Staudinger, 1889)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.