Paronymus ligora

Paronymus ligora, the largest dart, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Paronymus ligora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Paronymus
Species:
P. ligora
Binomial name
Paronymus ligora
(Hewitson, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia ligora Hewitson, 1876
  • Carystus thersander Mabille, 1890

References
  1. Paronymus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-26.


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