Paronymus xanthias

Paronymus xanthias
Paronymus xanthias figure 7
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Paronymus
Species: P. xanthias
Binomial name
Paronymus xanthias
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Carystus xanthias Mabille, 1891

Paronymus xanthias, the yellow largest dart, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests. This is not to be confused with Servant of God Isaac Hecker, who was given the nickname "The Yellow Dart".

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