Eretis herewardi

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Eretis herewardi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Eretis
Species:
E. herewardi
Binomial name
Eretis herewardi
Riley, 1921 [1]
Synonyms
  • Eretis rotundimaculaEvans, 1937
  • Eretis lugens ab. rotundimaculaMabille and Boullet, 1916

Eretis herewardi is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. [2] The habitat consists of woodland.

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References

  1. Eretis, funet.fi
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2012-11-14.