Stempfferia ciconia
Appearance
Stork epitola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Stempfferia |
Species: | S. ciconia
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Binomial name | |
Stempfferia ciconia | |
Synonyms | |
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Stempfferia ciconia, the stork epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
[edit]- Stempfferia ciconia ciconia (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Stempfferia ciconia camerunica Libert, 1999 (Cameroon)
- Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Stempfferia ciconia.
- ^ Stempfferia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina