Stempfferia ciconia

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

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

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

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


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