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Tetrarhanis stempfferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tetrarhanis
Species:	T. stempfferi
Binomial name
Tetrarhanis stempfferi (Berger, 1954)
Synonyms
Liptena (Tetrarhanis) stempfferi Berger, 1954 Liptena (Tetrarhanis) stempfferi kigezi Stempffer, 1956

Tetrarhanis stempfferi, the Stempffer's on-off, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species is named after French entomologist Henri Stempffer. It is found in Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya. The habitat consists of primary forests.

Subspecies

• Tetrarhanis stempfferi stempfferi (Liberia, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo: Uele, Tshopo, Sankuru and Lualaba)
• Tetrarhanis stempfferi kigezi (Stempffer, 1956) (Uganda: south-west to the Kigezi district, western Kenya)

References

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

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• Butterflies described in 1954
• Poritiinae
• Butterflies of Africa
• Poritiinae stubs