Leona luehderi
| Leona luehderi |
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| Leona luehderi figure 45 |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Hesperiidae |
| Genus: |
Leona |
| Species: |
L. luehderi |
| Binomial name |
Leona luehderi
(Plötz, 1879) |
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| Synonyms |
- Platingia luehderi Plötz, 1879
- Caenides luehderi f. alenicola Strand, 1913
- Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914
- Caenides luehderi[1]
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Leona luehderi, Luehder’s Recluse, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of wetter forests.
Subspecies
- Leona luehderi luehderi (Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria: Cross River loop, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, western Uganda)
- Leona luehderi laura Evans, 1937 (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)
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