Melphina maximiliani

Melphina maximiliani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species: M. maximiliani
Binomial name
Melphina maximiliani
Belcastro & Larsen, 2005[1]

Melphina maximiliani, the Maximiliano's forest swift, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

References

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


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