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Ortholexis holocausta

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Ortholexis holocausta
Loxolexis holocausta figure 13
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L. holocausta
Binomial name
Loxolexis holocausta
(Mabille, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Erionota holocausta Mabille, 1891
  • Ortholexis melichroptera Karsch, 1895
  • Katreus holocausta[1]

Loxolexis holocausta, the cinnamon scarce sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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