Cerautola miranda

Cerautola miranda, the wondrous epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] Its habitat consists of forests and forest edges.

Cerautola miranda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Cerautola
Species:
C. miranda
Binomial name
Cerautola miranda
Synonyms
  • Epitola miranda Staudinger, 1889
  • Cerautola (Cerautola) miranda
  • Epitola vidua Talbot, 1935

Adults have been recorded feeding on the secretions of coccids and have also been observed settling on the shoots of climbers infested with aphids.

Both larvae and pupae have been found on the bark of Alstonia congensis.

Subspecies
  • Cerautola miranda miranda (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria)[3]
  • Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935) (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Uganda, western Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)[4]

References
  1. Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. "Cerautola miranda miranda (Staudinger, 1889)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. "Cerautola miranda vidua (Talbot, 1935)". African Butterfly Database. Retrieved 2020-03-27.


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