Melphina statirides
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Melphina statirides, the brown-margin forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat of the butterfly consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia.
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- ^ Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae