| Sarangesa | |
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| Sarangesa phidyle | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Celaenorrhinini |
| Genus: | Sarangesa Moore, 1881 [1] |
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