Biology:Chondrolepis leggei
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Chondrolepis |
| Species: | C. leggei
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| Chondrolepis leggei (Heron, 1909)[1]
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Chondrolepis leggei is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[2] It was first described by Francis Arthur Heron in 1909 and originally named Chioneigia leggei.[3] It is named in honour of Gerald Legge, a participant of the Ruwenzori Expedition 1905-6.[3]
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- ↑ Chondrolepis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heron, F A (1909). "Zoological results of the Ruwenzori Expedition 1905-1906. Ruwenzori Expedition Reports 12. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 19: 141––178. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1909.tb08564.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/92612.
Wikidata ☰ Q5104538 entry
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