Tumerepedes

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Tumerepedes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tumerepedes
Bethune-Baker, 1913
Species: T. flava
Binomial name
Tumerepedes flava
Bethune-Baker, 1913[1]

Tumerepedes is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, endemic to the Afrotropics. It consists of only one species, Tumerepedes flava, the Nigerian Buff, which is found in northern Nigeria.[2] The habitat consists of riverine forests.

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