Argemma aurea

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Argemma aurea
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male and female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Argemma
Species:
A. aurea
Binomial name
Argemma aurea
(H. H. Druce, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ceratrichia guineensisStrand, 1913
  • Ceratrichia aureaDruce, 1910
  • Ceratrichia aurea ugandaeRiley, 1925

Argemma aurea is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (November 4, 2018). "Ceratrichia aurea Druce, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae