Platylesches chamaeleon
Platylesches chamaeleon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Platylesches |
Species: | P. chamaeleon |
Binomial name | |
Platylesches chamaeleon (Mabille, 1891)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Platylesches chamaeleon, the chamaeleon hopper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and possibly Niger.[2] The habitat probably consists of forests and gallery forests.
Subspecies
- Platylesches chamaeleon chamaeleon (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Zambia, possibly Niger)
- Platylesches chamaeleon tero Evans, 1937 (western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
References
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