Melphina statirides

Melphina statirides, the brown-margin forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Melphina statirides
Melphina statirides figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Melphina
Species:
M. statirides
Binomial name
Melphina statirides
(Holland, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Baoris statirides Holland, 1896
  • Parnara flavifasciola Druce, 1909

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia.

References
  1. Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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