Melphina statira

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Melphina statira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species:
M. statira
Binomial name
Melphina statira
(Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila statiraMabille, 1891
  • Parnara argyrodesHolland, 1894

Melphina statira, the white-spotted forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon. [2] The habitat consists of forests, including mature secondary forests.

References

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