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Cephetola

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Cephetola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. All species are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae

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Specimen records
16
With media
4
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK
Recorded in
Uganda, Sierra Leone, Sudan

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taxon
Parent taxon
Poritiinae
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Cephetola catuna.JPG
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Cephetola
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Cephetola
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Cephetola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. All species are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

==Species== Cephetola aureliae Libert, 1999 Cephetola australis Libert, 1999 Cephetola barnsi Libert, 1999 Cephetola bwamba (Jackson, 1964) Cephetola catuna (Kirby, 1890) Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873) Cephetola chari Libert & Collins, 1999 Cephetola collinsi Libert & Larsen, 1999 Cephetola dolorosa (Roche, 1954) Cephetola ducarmei Libert, 1999 Cephetola eliasis (Kielland & Congdon, 1998) Cephetola epitolina Libert & Collins, 1999 Cephetola gerdae (Kielland & Libert, 1998) Cephetola ghesquierei (Roche, 1954) Cephetola godarti Libert & Collins, 1999 Cephetola izidori (Kielland & Congdon, 1998) Cephetola kakamegae Libert & Collins, 1999 Cephetola kamengensis (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola karinae Bouyer & Libert, 1999 Cephetola katerae (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola kiellandi (Libert & Congdon, 1998) Cephetola maculata (Hawker-Smith, 1926) Cephetola maesseni Libert, 1999 Cephetola marci Collins & Libert, 1999 Cephetola mariae Libert, 1999 Cephetola martini (Libert, 1998) Cephetola mengoensis (Bethune-Baker, 1906) Cephetola mercedes (Suffert, 1904) Cephetola mpangensis (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola nigeriae (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola nigra (Bethune-Baker, 1903) Cephetola obscura (Hawker-Smith, 1933) Cephetola orientalis (Roche, 1954) Cephetola oubanguensis Libert & Collins, 1999 Cephetola ouesso (Jackson, 1962) Cephetola overlaeti Libert, 1999 Cephetola peteri (Kielland & Congdon, 1998) Cephetola pinodes (Druce, 1890) Cephetola quentini Bouyer & Libert, 1999 Cephetola rileyi (Audeoud, 1936) Cephetola subcoerulea (Roche, 1954) Cephetola subgriseata (Jackson, 1964) Cephetola sublustris (Bethune-Baker, 1904) Cephetola tanzaniensis Libert, 1999 Cephetola vinalli (Talbot, 1935) Cephetola viridana (Joicey & Talbot, 1921)

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