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Melphina tarace

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Melphina tarace
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M. tarace
Binomial name
Melphina tarace
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila tarace Mabille, 1891

Melphina tarace, the scarce forest swift, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and north-western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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  1. ^ Melphina at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae