Biology:Lepella
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Short description: Genus of butterflies
| Lepella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Aeromachini |
| Genus: | Lepella Evans, 1937 |
| Species: | L. lepeletier
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepella lepeletier (Latreille, [1824])[1]
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Lepella is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Lepella lepeletier, commonly known as Lepeletier's sylph, which is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of submontane grassland.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1763684 entry
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