Leona leonora
| Leona leonora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Leona |
| Species: | L. leonora |
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| Leona leonora (Plötz, 1879) | |
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Leona leonora, the white-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.
Subspecies
- Leona leonora leonora (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
- Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
References
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- ↑ Caenides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
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