Biology:Leona maracanda
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Leona |
| Species: | L. maracanda
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| Leona maracanda (Hewitson, 1876)
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Leona maracanda, the scarce large recluse, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north-western Zambia.[2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on a climbing rattan palm in the family Arecaceae.
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- ↑ Caenides at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
Wikidata ☰ Q6525032 entry
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