Gretna lacida

Gretna lacida
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Gretna
Species: G. lacida
Binomial name
Gretna lacida
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia lacida Hewitson, 1876

Gretna lacida, the scarce crepuscular skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, possibly Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the central part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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


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