Epitolina melissa

Epitolina melissa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species: E. melissa
Binomial name
Epitolina melissa
(Druce, 1888)[1]
Synonyms
  • Teriomima melissa Druce, 1888
  • Teriomima cordelia Kirby, 1890

Epitolina melissa, the powdered epitolina, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba to Kafakumba and Kapanga), Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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


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