Stempfferia tumentia

Species of butterfly

Stempfferia tumentia

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Stempfferia
Species:	S. tumentia
Binomial name
*Stempfferia tumentia* (H. H. Druce, 1910)^[1]
Synonyms
Epitola tumentia H. H. Druce, 1910 Stempfferia (Cercenia) tumentia

Stempfferia tumentia, the swollen epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Nigeria (east and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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^ Savela, Markku (September 5, 2018). "Stempfferia tumentia (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina