Cerautola ceraunia

Cerautola ceraunia, the silvery epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[3] Its habitat consists of forests.

"Silvery epitola" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Geritola subargentea.

Cerautola ceraunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cerautola
Subgenus:
Cerautola
Species:
C. ceraunia
Binomial name
Cerautola ceraunia
(Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873[2]
  • Epitola dewitzi Kirby, 1887

Adults have been recorded in February.

The larvae are associated with the ant species Crematogaster buchneri.

References
  1. Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Hewitson, W. C. (1873). "Description of Six New Species of Epitola from the West Coast of Africa". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 10: 149–150.
  3. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.DOC


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