Semalea atrio

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Semalea atrio
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S. atrio
Binomial name
Semalea atrio
(Mabille, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cobalus atrioMabille, 1891

Semalea atrio, the small silky skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Tanzania. [2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

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<i>Eagris tetrastigma</i> Species of butterfly

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References

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