Eretis melania

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Eretis melania
Common elf (Eretis melania).jpg
Aburi Botanical Gardens, Ghana
Scientific classification
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Hesperiidae
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E. melania
Binomial name
Eretis melania
Synonyms
  • Sarangesa perpaupera Holland, 1892

Eretis melania, the dusky elf, dusky skipper or common elf, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe and northern Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of woodland, Guinea savanna, forest margins and forests.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers. Adults are on wing from July to September and again from March to April in two generations per year.

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