Stempfferia leonina

Stempfferia leonina, the western scalloped epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Stempfferia leonina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Stempfferia
Species:
S. leonina
Binomial name
Stempfferia leonina
Synonyms
  • Epitola leonina Staudinger, 1888
  • Stempfferia (Cercenia) leonina

References
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  1. Stempfferia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina


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