Celaenorrhinus uluguru
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Species: | C. uluguru
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Celaenorrhinus uluguru Kielland, 1990[1]
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Celaenorrhinus uluguru is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Tanzania (the Uluguru Mountains, where it is only known from Bondwa Mountain).[2] The habitat consists of forests at altitudes between 1,450 and 1,800 meters.
The length of the forewings is 19.7-20.4 mm for males. The upperside ground colour is blackish brown, the forewing with a wide pale yellow median band. The female is unknown. Adult males mud-puddle and feed from flowering herbs.
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- ^ "Celaenorrhinus Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of Tanzania
- Butterflies described in 1990
- Celaenorrhinus
- Pyrginae stubs