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Kedestes protensa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Kedestes

Kedestes protensa, the West African ranger, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, northern Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Tanzania, Zambia (from the north-western part of the country to the Copperbelt) and Angola. The habitat consists of Guinea savanna and open montane areas.

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Kedestes protensa Wikipedia