Pteroteinon pruna

Pteroteinon pruna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species: P. pruna
Binomial name
Pteroteinon pruna
Evans, 1937[1]
Synonyms
  • Pteroteinon pruna reali Berger, 1962

Pteroteinon pruna, Evans' red-eye, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests.

References

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


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