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Melphina flavina

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Melphina flavina
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M. flavina
Binomial name
Melphina flavina
Lindsey & Miller, 1965[1]
Synonyms
  • Melphina tarace f. flavina Evans, 1937

Melphina flavina, the yellow forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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