Stempfferia ciconia

Stempfferia ciconia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stempfferia
Species: S. ciconia
Binomial name
Stempfferia ciconia
(Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola ciconia Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1892
  • Stempfferia (Cercenia) ciconia
  • Epitola mongiro Jackson, 1968

Stempfferia ciconia, the Stork Epitola, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

  • Stempfferia ciconia ciconia (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
  • Stempfferia ciconia camerunica Libert, 1999 (Cameroon)
  • Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
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