Cephetola cephena

Cephetola cephena, the cephena epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania.^[2]

Cephena epitola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cephetola
Species:	C. cephena
Binomial name
Cephetola cephena (Hewitson, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
Epitola cephena Hewitson, 1873 Epitola doleta Kirby, 1890 Epitola pinodoides Grose-Smith and Kirby, 1893 Phytala leonina Bethune-Baker, 1903 Epitola leonensis Bethune-Baker, 1904 Epitola entebbeana Bethune-Baker, 1926

Subspecies

• Cephetola cephena cephena (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo)^[3]
• Cephetola cephena entebbeana (Bethune-Baker, 1926) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)^[4]