Epitola posthumus

Epitola posthumus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Epitola
Species:
E. posthumus
Binomial name
Epitola posthumus
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793
  • Epitola elion Westwood, 1851
  • Epitola belli Hewitson, 1874

Epitola posthumus, the common giant epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Its habitat consists of forests.

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