Lennia lota

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Lennia lota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lennia
Species:
L. lota
Binomial name
Lennia lota
(Evans, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Caenides lota [1]
  • Leona lotaEvans, 1937

Lennia lota, the scarce small recluse, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ghana, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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References

  1. Caenides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae