Epitola posthumus

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.^[2] Its habitat consists of forests.

Epitola posthumus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Epitola
Species:	E. posthumus
Binomial name
Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793 Epitola elion Westwood, 1851 Epitola belli Hewitson, 1874