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Sarangesa brigida

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Sarangesa brigida
Sarangesa brigida figure 8
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S. brigida
Binomial name
Sarangesa brigida
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Antigonus brigida Plötz, 1879
  • Antigonus brigidella Plötz, 1886
  • Sarangesa aurimargo Holland, 1896

Sarangesa brigida, Brigid's elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings.

Subspecies

  • Sarangesa brigida brigida (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, western Cameroon)
  • Sarangesa brigida atra Evans, 1937 (eastern Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
  • Sarangesa brigida sanaga Miller, 1964 (Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, western Uganda, north-western Zambia)

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