Epitolina catori

Epitolina catori, the red-patch epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

Epitolina catori
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species:
E. catori
Binomial name
Epitolina catori

Subspecies
  • Epitolina catori catori (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)[3]
  • Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)[4]

References
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Wikispecies has information related to Epitolina catori.
  1. Epitolina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Epitolina catori catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Epitolina catori ugandae (Jackson, 1962)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.


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