Epitola

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Epitolina
Genus: Epitola
Species: (3) per Williams, 2007.
E. posthumus – E. urania – E. uranoides
Nomina Dubia

per Libert, 1999.
Epitola lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1922.
Epitola pulverulentula Dufrane, 1953.

Name

Epitola Westwood, 1851.

Type species: Epitola elion Westwood, 1851: pl.68, fig.5, (= Papilio posthumus Fabricius, 1793: 149)

Epitola posthumus

References

Bethune-Baker, G.T., [1922], Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera, chiefly Lycaenidae, ... in Farquharson Five Years' Observations... Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1921, Appendix C: 461–464. BHL. Reference page.
Dufrane, A., 1953. Lépidoptères du Kivu (5th Note). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 89: 52 (41-57). Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Jackson, T. H. E., 1962. Notes on the Epitolinae with descriptions of a new genus and a new species and subspecies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 12: 125–163. BHL. Reference page.
Libert, M., 1999. Révision des genres Epitola Westwood, Hypophytala Clench et Stempfferia Jackson, et description de trois nouveaux genres (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). A.B.R.I., Nairobi and Lambillionea, Tervuren, February, 1999, 219 pp. Reference page.
Sáfián, S., Collins, S.C., Warren-Gash, H. & Balcastro, C. 2021. Description of five new species of Epitola sensu lato (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) from West and Central Africa. Zootaxa 4981(3): 554–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.7. Paywall. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Epitola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Epitola was erected by John O. Westwood in 1851.

Species

Epitola posthumus (Fabricius, 1793)
Epitola urania Kirby, 1887
Epitola uranoides Libert, 1999
Epitola concepcion Suffert, 1904

Species of unknown status

Epitola lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1922 (nomen dubium)
Epitola pulverulentula Dufrane, 1953 (spelled as Epitola pulverulenta in Ackery, et al., 1995) (nomen dubium)
Epitola ernesti Karsch, 1895 (nomen dubium)

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References

Epitola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina