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Ortholexis melichroptera

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Species of butterfly

Ortholexis melichroptera
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ortholexis
Species: O. melichroptera
Binomial name
Ortholexis melichroptera
Karsch, 1895
Synonyms
List
  • Acallopistes dimidia Holland, 1896
  • Katreus dimidia (Holland, 1896)
  • Loxolexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)
  • Ortholexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)

Ortholexis melichroptera, the black scarce sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon and Gabon. The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

References

  1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Brockmann, Ernst; Grishin, Nick V. (2019-08-07). "Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)". ZooKeys (861): 91–105. Bibcode:2019ZooK..861...91Z. doi:10.3897/zookeys.861.34686. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6629708. PMID 31333327.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
Taxon identifiers
Katreus dimidia


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