Cerautola crowleyi, the Crowley's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cerautola |
| Species: | C. crowleyi
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The larvae feed on foliate lichen.
Subspecies edit
- C. c. crowleyi (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)[3]
- C. c. congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999 (north-western Tanzania, Zambia)[4]
- C. c. holochroma (Berger, 1981) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)[5]
- C. c. leucographa Libert, 1999 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)[6]
References edit
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- ^ Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola crowleyi crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola crowleyi congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola crowleyi holochroma (Berger, 1981)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.