Willema angolana

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Willema angolana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Willema
Species:
W. angolana
Binomial name
Willema angolana
(Karsch, 1896) [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopides angolanaKarsch, 1896
  • Cyclopides cooksoniDruce, 1905
  • Metisella angolana(Karsch, 1896)

Willema angolana is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba) and Zambia. [2]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ Metisella, funet.fi
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Heteropterinae". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-10-18.


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