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Melphina maximiliani

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Species of butterfly

Melphina maximiliani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species: M. maximiliani
Binomial name
Melphina maximiliani
Belcastro & Larsen, 2005

Melphina maximiliani, the Maximiliano's forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists of forests.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

References

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


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