Melphina statirides

Melphina statirides
Melphina statirides figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species: M. statirides
Binomial name
Melphina statirides
(Holland, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Baoris statirides Holland, 1896
  • Parnara flavifasciola Druce, 1909

Melphina statirides, the Brown-margin Forest Swift, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia.

References

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