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Leona leonora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Leona

Leona leonora

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Leona leonora, the white-spotted recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia. The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

  • Leona leonora leonora (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Tanzania)
  • Leona leonora dux Evans, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba, southern Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia)
  • References

    Leona leonora Wikipedia