Stempfferia leonina, the western scalloped epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Togo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Stempfferia leonina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stempfferia
Species:
S. leonina
Binomial name
Stempfferia leonina
Synonyms
  • Epitola leonina Staudinger, 1888
  • Stempfferia (Cercenia) leonina

References

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