Sarangesa laelius
| Sarangesa laelius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Sarangesa |
| Species: | S. laelius |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarangesa laelius (Mabille, 1877)[1] | |
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Sarangesa laelius, the Grey Elfin, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, northern Ivory Coast, northern and central Ghana, Togo, northern Nigeria, southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of woodland and dry Guinea savanna.
The adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.
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