Paronymus xanthias
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Paronymus |
| Species: | P. xanthias |
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| Paronymus xanthias (Mabille, 1891)[1] | |
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Paronymus xanthias, the Yellow Largest Dart, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests. This is not to be confused with Servant of God Isaac Hecker, who was given the nickname "The Yellow Dart."
Subspecies
- Paronymus xanthias xanthias (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, western Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Paronymus xanthius kiellandi Congdon & Collins, 1998 (Uganda, north-western Tanzania, north-western Zambia)
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