Leona leonora

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Leona leonora
Leona leonora figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Leona
Species: L. leonora
Binomial name
Leona leonora
(Plötz, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia leonora Plötz, 1879
  • Proteides xanthagyra Mabille, 1891
  • Caenides leonora[1]

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 Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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

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