Cephetola nigra

Species of butterfly

Cephetola nigra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cephetola
Species:
C. nigra
Binomial name
Cephetola nigra
(Bethune-Baker, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola nigra Bethune-Baker, 1903

Cephetola nigra, the Bethune-Baker's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Cephetola nigra.
  1. ^ Cephetola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
Taxon identifiers
Cephetola nigra
  • Wikidata: Q28210709
  • Wikispecies: Cephetola nigra
  • NCBI: 2705771
Epitola nigra


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