Sarangesa brigida

Sarangesa brigida
Sarangesa brigida figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Sarangesa
Species: S. brigida
Binomial name
Sarangesa brigida
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Antigonus brigida Plötz, 1879
  • Antigonus brigidella Plötz, 1886
  • Sarangesa aurimargo Holland, 1896

Sarangesa brigida, Brigid’s Elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings.

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References

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