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Semalea sextilis

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Semalea sextilis
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S. sextilis
Binomial name
Semalea sextilis
(Plötz, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia sextilis Plötz, 1886
  • Cobalus corvinus Mabille, 1890
  • Semalea noctula ab. pusillima Strand, 1913

Semalea sextilis, the dark skipper or silky skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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