Semalea sextilis

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Semalea sextilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Semalea
Species:
S. sextilis
Binomial name
Semalea sextilis
(Plötz, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia sextilisPlötz, 1886
  • Cobalus corvinusMabille, 1890
  • Semalea noctula ab. pusillimaStrand, 1913

Semalea sextilis, the dark skipper or silky skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and Zambia. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

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<i>Monza cretacea</i> Species of butterfly

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<i>Fresna netopha</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