Cerautola

Life-forms

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: Cerautola
Species: C. adolphifriderici – C. ceraunia – C. crippsi – C. crowleyi – C. cuypersi – C. delassisei – C. fisheri – C. legeri – C. miranda – C. mittoni – C. richardsoni – C. semibrunnea – C. subargentea
Name

Cerautola Libert, 1999

Type species: Epitola ceraunia Hewitson, 1873 by original designation.
Synonyms

Argyrotola Libert, 1999
Type species: Epitola subargentea Jackson, 1964

References
Primary references

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.

Additional references

Bouyer, T. 2013b. Note sur le genre Cerautola Libert, 1999 avec description d'une nouvelle espèce (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) - Etude sur les Lycaenidae : note n° 13. Lambillionea 113(3): 186–189. Reference page.
Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. 2015. Revision of the Cerautola crippsi species group, with the description of three new taxa from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 26: 44–49. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Cerautola is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Subgenus Cerautola
Cerautola adolphifrederici (Schultze, 1911)
Cerautola ceraunia (Hewitson, 1873)
Cerautola crippsi (Stoneham, 1934)
Cerautola crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
Cerautola cuypersi Libert & Collins, 2015[2]
Cerautola delassisei Bouyer, 2013
Cerautola fisheri Libert & Collins, 1999
Cerautola legeri Libert, 1999
Cerautola miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
Cerautola mittoni (Jackson, 1964)
Cerautola richardsoni Libert & Collins, 2015[2]
Cerautola semibrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
Subgenus Hewitola Libert, 1999
Cerautola decellei (Stempffer, 1956)
Cerautola hewitsoni (Mabille, 1877)
Cerautola hewitsonioides (Hawker-Smith, 1933)
Cerautola stempfferi (Jackson, 1962)

References

Cerautola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Libert, M. & Collins, S.C. (2015). Revision of the Cerautola crippsi species group, with the description of three new taxa from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae). Metamorphosis 26: 45–50.

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64 e