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Stempfferia staudingeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Stempfferia
Species:	S. staudingeri
Binomial name
Stempfferia staudingeri (Kirby, 1890)
Synonyms
Epitola staudingeri Kirby, 1890 Stempfferia (Cercenia) staudingeri

Stempfferia staudingeri, the black-square epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.

Etymology

The specific name honours Otto Staudinger.

References

1. Stempfferia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 65 d

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• Butterflies described in 1890
• Stempfferia
• Butterflies of Africa
• Poritiinae stubs