Biology:Apallaga rutilans

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Apallaga rutilans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Apallaga
Species:
A. rutilans
Binomial name
Apallaga rutilans
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Plesioneura rutilans Mabille, 1877
  • Pterygospidea tergemira Hewitson, 1877
  • Tagiades woermanni Plötz, 1879
  • Celaenorrhinus rutilans (Mabille, 1877)

Apallaga rutilans, commonly known as the large sprite, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (the Cross River loop), Cameroon, Bioko, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5057485 entry