Stempfferia ciconia, the stork epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Stempfferia |
| Species: | S. ciconia
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| Stempfferia ciconia | |
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Subspecies
edit- Stempfferia ciconia ciconia (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana)
- Stempfferia ciconia camerunica Libert, 1999 (Cameroon)
- Stempfferia ciconia mongiro (Jackson, 1968) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
References
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- ^ Stempfferia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina