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Stempfferia zelza
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Stempfferia
Species:	S. zelza
Binomial name
Stempfferia zelza (Hewitson, 1873)
Synonyms
Epitola zelza Hewitson, 1873 Stempfferia (Cercenia) zelza Epitola badia Kirby, 1887

Stempfferia zelza, the little epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana (the Volta Region), Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of forests.

References

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

External links

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

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• Butterflies described in 1873
• Stempfferia
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
• Poritiinae stubs