Cerautola crowleyi explained

Cerautola crowleyi, the Crowley's epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.^[1] Its habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on foliate lichen.

Subspecies

• C. c. crowleyi (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)^[2]
• C. c. congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999 (north-western Tanzania, Zambia)^[3]
• C. c. holochroma (Berger, 1981) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)^[4]
• C. c. leucographa Libert, 1999 (Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of the Congo)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subtribe Epitolina. Williams. Mark C.. Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. DOC. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090824/http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_epitolina.doc. 2018-06-27. 2020-03-27.
2. Web site: Cerautola crowleyi crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890). African Butterfly Database. en. 2020-03-27.
3. Web site: Cerautola crowleyi congdoni Libert & Collins, 1999. African Butterfly Database. en. 2020-03-27.
4. Web site: Cerautola crowleyi holochroma (Berger, 1981). African Butterfly Database. en. 2020-03-27.
5. Web site: Cerautola crowleyi leucographa Libert, 1999. African Butterfly Database. en. 2020-03-27.