Pteroteinon capronnieri

Species of butterfly

Pteroteinon capronnieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Pteroteinon
Species:
P. capronnieri
Binomial name
Pteroteinon capronnieri
(Plötz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia capronnieri Plötz, 1879

Pteroteinon capronnieri, or Capronnier's red-eye, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of deep forests.

References

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


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