Melphina flavina

Species of butterfly

Melphina flavina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Melphina
Species:
M. flavina
Binomial name
Melphina flavina
Lindsey & Miller, 1965[1]
Synonyms
  • Melphina tarace f. flavina Evans, 1937

Melphina flavina, the yellow forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Melphina flavina.
  1. ^ Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Taxon identifiers
Melphina flavina


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