Fulda (skipper)

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Fulda
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Fulda bernieri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Astictopterini
Genus: Fulda
Evans, 1937 [1]

Fulda is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. All species of this genus are known only from Madagascar.

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References

  1. Fulda, funet.fi