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Nervia monostichus

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Nervia monostichus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Nervia
Species:
N. monostichus
Binomial name
Nervia monostichus
Hancock & Gardiner, 1982[1]
Synonyms
  • Kedestes monostichus Hancock & Gardiner, 1982

Nervia monostichus, the single-stitch ranger or AWOL ranger, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in north-eastern Zimbabwe and Namibia.[2] The habitat consists of grassy highveld.

Adults are on wing from February to April.

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