Cerautola crowleyi

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.

Cerautola crowleyi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cerautola
Species:
C. crowleyi
Binomial name
Cerautola crowleyi
(Sharpe, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Epitola crowleyi Sharpe, 1890
  • Cerautola (Cerautola) crowleyi
  • Epitola hewitsoni Staudinger, 1889
  • Epitola crowleyi holochroma Berger, 1981

The larvae feed on foliate lichen.

Subspecies
  • 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]
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References
  1. Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Cerautola crowleyi crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Cerautola crowleyi congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  5. "Cerautola crowleyi holochroma (Berger, 1981)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  6. "Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.


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