Biology:Teniorhinus ignita

Short description: Species of butterfly

Teniorhinus ignita
Teniorhinus ignita figure 11
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Teniorhinus
Species:	T. ignita
Binomial name
Teniorhinus ignita (Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
Pamphila ignita Mabille, 1877 Hesperia pyrosa Plötz, 1879 Pamphila gisgon Mabille, 1891 Oxypalpus fulvus Lathy, 1903 Oxypalpus wollastoni Heron, 1909 Pardaleodes alenica Strand, 1912

Teniorhinus ignita, the fiery small fox , is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, western Tanzania and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of forests and woodland.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7699866 entry