Epitolina catori

Epitolina catori, the red-patch epitolina, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

Epitolina catori
Epitolina catori catori, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Epitolina
Species:	E. catori
Binomial name
Epitolina catori Bethune-Baker, 1904[1]

Subspecies

• Epitolina catori catori (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria: south and the Cross River loop, western Cameroon)^[3]
• Epitolina catori ugandae Jackson, 1962 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)^[4]

References

1. Epitolina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
3. "Epitolina catori catori (Bethune-Baker, 1904)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
4. "Epitolina catori ugandae (Jackson, 1962)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.