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Apallaga rutilans

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Apallaga rutilans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Celaenorrhinus
Species:
C. rutilans
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus rutilans
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plesioneura rutilans Mabille, 1877
  • Pterygospidea tergemira Hewitson, 1877
  • Tagiades woermanni Plötz, 1879

Celaenorrhinus rutilans, the large sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae


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