Biology:Teniorhinus herilus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Teniorhinus herilus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Teniorhinus |
Species: | T. herilus
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Binomial name | |
Teniorhinus herilus (Hopffer, 1855)[1]
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Teniorhinus herilus, the Herilus orange or Herilus skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in southern and eastern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests and heavy woodland.
Adults are attracted to flowers. They are on wing in March and April.
References
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Wikidata ☰ Q7699864 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teniorhinus herilus.
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