Ortholexis melichroptera

Ortholexis melichroptera, the black scarce sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River Loop), Cameroon and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of dense primary forests.

Ortholexis melichroptera
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ortholexis
Species:
O. melichroptera
Binomial name
Ortholexis melichroptera
Karsch, 1895
Synonyms
List
  • Acallopistes dimidia Holland, 1896
  • Katreus dimidia (Holland, 1896)
  • Loxolexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)
  • Ortholexis dimidia (Holland, 1896)

References
  1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Brockmann, Ernst; Grishin, Nick V. (2019-08-07). "Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)". ZooKeys. 861: 91–105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.861.34686. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6629708.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Pyrginae
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