Kedestes lema

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Kedestes lema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Kedestes
Species:
K. lema
Binomial name
Kedestes lema
Neave, 1910 [1]

Kedestes lema, the Lema ranger, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults are on wing from December to April.

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