Fulda rhadama

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Fulda rhadama
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Fulda
Species:
F. rhadama
Binomial name
Fulda rhadama
(Boisduval, 1833) [1]
Synonyms
  • Steropes rhadamaBoisduval, 1833

Fulda rhadama is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern, central and eastern Madagascar. [2] The habitat consists of forest margins and cleared forests.

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