Cephetola pinodes

Cephetola pinodes, or Druce's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2]

Cephetola pinodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Cephetola
Species:
C. pinodes
Binomial name
Cephetola pinodes
Synonyms
  • Epitola pinodes H. H. Druce, 1890
  • Epitola conjuncta Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893
  • Epitola conjuncta budduana Talbot, 1937

Subspecies

  • Cephetola pinodes pinodes (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, western Nigeria)[3]
  • Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)[4]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 28, 2016). "Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Cephetola pinodes pinodes (Druce, 1890)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Cephetola pinodes budduana (Talbot, 1937)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.


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