Paronymus nevea

Paronymus nevea
Paronymus nevea figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Paronymus
Species: P. nevea
Binomial name
Paronymus nevea
(Druce, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pardaleodes nevea Druce, 1910

Paronymus nevea, the scarce largest dart, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of primary forests.

References

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


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