Teniorhinus ignita

Teniorhinus ignita
Teniorhinus ignita figure 11
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Teniorhinus
Species: T. ignita
Binomial name
Teniorhinus ignita
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila ignita Mabille, 1877
  • Hesperia pyrosa Plötz, 1879
  • Pamphila gisgon Mabille, 1891
  • Oxypalpus fulvus Lathy, 1903
  • Oxypalpus wollastoni Heron, 1909
  • Pardaleodes alenica Strand, 1912

Teniorhinus ignita, the fiery small fox , is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

References

  1. ↑ Teniorhinus, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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