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Stempfferia moyambina

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Stempfferia moyambina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Stempfferia
Species:
S. moyambina
Binomial name
Stempfferia moyambina
Synonyms
  • Epitola moyambina Bethune-Baker, 1903
  • Stempfferia (Cercenia) moyambina

Stempfferia moyambina, the Moyamba epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana and southern and eastern Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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