Paracleros placidus

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Paracleros placidus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Paracleros
Species:
P. placidus
Binomial name
Paracleros placidus
(Plötz, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Apaustus placidusPlötz, 1879

Paracleros placidus, the western dusky dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2] The habitat consists of grassy, shady areas in forests.

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References

  1. Paracleros at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-23.