Melphina melphis

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Melphina melphis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species:
M. melphis
Binomial name
Melphina melphis
(Holland, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara melphisHolland, 1893

Melphina melphis, the peculiar forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and possibly Ghana. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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