Melphina melphis

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Melphina melphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species: M. melphis
Binomial name
Melphina melphis
(Holland, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parnara melphis Holland, 1893

Melphina melphis, the Peculiar Forest Swift, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and possibly Ghana.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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