Biology:Epitolina melissa

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Epitolina melissa
Powdered epitolina (Epitolina melissa) female underside Ankasa.jpg
Female
Cordelia inGSK.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitolina
Species:
E. melissa
Binomial name
Epitolina melissa
(H. H. Druce, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Teriomima melissa H. H. Druce, 1888
  • Teriomima cordelia Kirby, 1890

Epitolina melissa, the powdered epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1888.[1] 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] Its habitat consists of forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5383729 entry