Celaenorrhinus sagamase

Celaenorrhinus sagamase
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. sagamase
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus sagamase
Collins & Larsen, 2005[1]

Celaenorrhinus sagamase, the Sagamase sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Etymology

The species is named for the Sagyamase Trail, the main access road to the Atewa Range in Ghana.

References

  1. "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae".


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