Syrmoptera bonifacei

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| authority = Stempffer, 1961[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/syrmoptera/index.html Syrmoptera], funet.fi

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Syrmoptera bonifacei, commonly known as Boniface's false head, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, named after Boniface Watulege. It is found in Nigeria (the eastern part of the country and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_oxylidina.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Oxylidina] The habitat consists of forests.