Celaenorrhinus proxima
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| Kakamega Forest, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Celaenorrhinus |
| Species: | C. proxima
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Celaenorrhinus proxima, the common black sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, from Cameroon to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and heavy woodland.
The larvae feed on Mimulopsis species.
Subspecies
- Celaenorrhinus proxima proxima (Cameroon to Sudan, Uganda, western Tanzania, western Kenya)
- Celaenorrhinus proxima maesseni Berger, 1976 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
References
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- ^ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
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