Celaenorrhinus boadicea
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | C. boadicea
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Celaenorrhinus boadicea, Boadicea's sprite, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests, but it is also found in agricultural lands with a full canopy.
Subspecies[]
- Celaenorrhinus boadicea boadicea (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia)
- Celaenorrhinus boadicea howarthi Berger, 1976 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ituri, Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References[]
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- ^ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1877
- Celaenorrhinus
- Butterflies of Africa
- Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
- Pyrginae stubs