Melphina statira

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Melphina statira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Melphina
Species: M. statira
Binomial name
Melphina statira
(Mabille, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila statira Mabille, 1891
  • Parnara argyrodes Holland, 1894

Melphina statira, the White-spotted Forest Swift, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Gabon.[2] The habitat consists of forests, including mature secondary forests.

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