Stempfferia ciconia explained

Stempfferia ciconia, the stork epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[1] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

• Stempfferia ciconia ciconia (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
• Stempfferia ciconia camerunica Libert, 1999 (Cameroon)
• Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)

Notes and References

1. http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_epitolina.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina