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Leona meloui

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Leona meloui
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L. meloui
Binomial name
Leona meloui
(Riley, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Coenides meloui Riley, 1926
  • Caenides meloui[1]

Leona meloui, the Melou's recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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