Leona luehderi

Leona luehderi
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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)
Synonyms
Platingia luehderi Plötz, 1879 Caenides luehderi f. alenicola Strand, 1913 Caenides umbrina Rebel, 1914 Caenides luehderi[1]

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)

References

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