Epitola

Epitola
Epitola posthumus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Poritiinae
Genus:	Epitola Westwood, 1851[1]

Epitola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Epitola was erected by John O. Westwood in 1851.

Species

• Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
• Epitola uranoides Libert, 1999
• Epitola concepcion Suffert, 1904

Species of unknown status

• Epitola lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1922 (nomen dubium)
• Epitola pulverulentula Dufrane, 1953 (spelled as Epitola pulverulenta in Ackery, et al., 1995) (nomen dubium)
• Epitola ernesti Karsch, 1895 (nomen dubium)

[2]

References

1. Epitola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-13.

External links

• Media related to Epitola at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Epitola at Wikispecies
• Royal Museum of Central Africa Archived 2012-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Images
• Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 a ernesti, concepcion