Leona luehderi

Leona luehderi
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Leona
Species: L. luehderi
Binomial name
Leona luehderi
(Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Platingia luehderi Plötz, 1879
  • Caenides luehderi f. alenicola Strand, 1913
  • Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914
  • Caenides luehderi[1]

Leona luehderi, or Luehder's recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.

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References

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