Epitola posthumus
Species of butterfly
Epitola posthumus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Epitola |
Species: | E. posthumus |
Binomial name | |
Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Epitola posthumus, the common giant epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.
References
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External links
Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64
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