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Pteroteinon capronnieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Pteroteinon
Species:	P. capronnieri
Binomial name
Pteroteinon capronnieri (Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
Hesperia capronnieri Plötz, 1879

Pteroteinon capronnieri, or Capronnier's red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania. The habitat consists of deep forests.

References

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

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• Butterflies described in 1879
• Erionotini
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Carl Plötz
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