Katreus
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Katreus johnstonii figure 18 | |
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Genus: | Katreus Watson, 1893
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Species: | K. johnstonii
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Katreus johnstonii | |
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Katreus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Katreus johnstonii, the giant scarce sprite, which is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of primary, undisturbed forests.
Taxonomy
Some members of Katreus are now placed in the reinstated genus Loxolexis.
References
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