Paronymus nevea

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Scarce largest dart
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Paronymus
Species:
P. nevea
Binomial name
Paronymus nevea
(H. H. Druce, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pardaleodes neveaH. H. Druce, 1910

Paronymus nevea, the scarce largest dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. It is found in Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (November 28, 2015). "Paronymus nevea (Druce, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-26.