Tsitana wallacei

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Tsitana wallacei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Tsitana
Species:
T. wallacei
Binomial name
Tsitana wallacei
(Neave, 1910) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides wallaceiNeave, 1910

Tsitana wallacei, or Wallace's sylph, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), the Mwinilunga area of north-western Zambia and the Katavi National Park in western Tanzania.

Adults are on wing from January to March. [2]

References

  1. Tsitana, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae