Celaenorrhinus meditrina

Celaenorrhinus meditrina
Celaenorrhinus meditrina figure 2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Celaenorrhinus
Species: C. meditrina
Binomial name
Celaenorrhinus meditrina
(Hewitson, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterygospidea meditrina Hewitson, 1877
  • Pardaleodes interniplaga Mabille, 1891
  • Celaenorrhinus illnstroides Miller, 1971

Celaenorrhinus meditrina, the Large Orange Sprite, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests and dense secondary growth.

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